[Xitami] some beginners questions ;-)

[Thomas J. Hruska]

At 04:53 PM 5/26/2002 +0100, Klaus Lehmann writeth:
>my problems:
>
>a. theres no possibility to see my server from outside. I can't
>ping it. with http and or ftp-commands I can't get in touch with
>my lovely small machine...

More than likely you are on a cable modem and in your service contract you
are not allowed to run a web server on your machine.  Most cable providers
set up a fairly solid firewall so that those on the outside can't get into
the network.

>b. others can see! ???
>here's some loggings from errors.log:
>217.231.115.47 - - [26/May/2002:14:21:20 +0100] "GET
>/msadc/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c/..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c
>../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 -1 "" ""
>
>why can THEY see me?

They can "see" you because they are on the same subnet as you.

>and I can't see my home server, If I'm outside on another place
>(=workingplace or so) ?

You can't get in because of an external firewall that your service provider
has set up.  If you can find someone in the area with the same service
provider, try using their machine to see if you can reach your machine.
Remember, cable networks are all on the same LAN with the same level of
bandwidth.

Hope this helps!


          Thomas J. Hruska -- shinelight@shininglightpro.com
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