Host a Website/FTP from my home PC??

[0wain.]

Hello.
Is it possible to host a website and maybe an FTP from my own PC and Internet Conection.
If it is possible could you please reccomend some software. And any other help is appreciated.

Thanks in Advance.

[kram 2.0]

Yes it is possible - I'm not too sure how to, though. Ric449 has his computer help website self-hosted on his desktop - just read the "About" tab there . Hope he comes by.

kram

[0wain.]

Thanks kram8806.
Well i did a seach and i read the "build your own Server" here on pcmech.
I guess i should have searched for that before i posted on here.
I installed Appserv and a Php-Nuke adon.
I have a site which can be acessed by my IP. For security reasons i will not put up my IP beacuase im not sure about security.
If my IP is typed into the address bar you see everything that is in my "C://Appserv" Folder. Can i make it so that only the PHP-Nuke site can be seen?
Also are there any security issues i should be aware of. I am connected to a 4 way router, along with 3 other pcs in my house. I dont have a software firewall other than XPs built in one.
Also would this cause any latency issues on the other computers?

Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks

[MulderMan]

if your hiding behind a router you should be ok if it has some sort of built in hardware firewall or something. if you dont want anyone seeing your directory tree from c:/appserv just place a blank html file in it or a redirect to phpnuke. or you could just install phpnuke in your root directory. if you dont want to give out you ip like me, use this service http://www.no-ip.com/ theres a wide choice of domains you can use and theres software to update your server ip with the nameservers. but as with most things a simple whois will reveal your ip, but if you have a firewall you have nothing to worry about. i run a mail/ftp/web server from my computer full time with my dsl connection and with no-ip and havent had any trouble.