[K12OSN] OT: need help configuring web server on Ubuntu Server to allow file uploads

[Rob Owens]

I think the bigger security concern is that if there was an exploitable
bug in apache, then someone from the internet could gain access to your
server and possibly everything else on your LAN.  That's a big if, but
it's possible.  That's the reason some people put the web server on a
completely different subnet--if someone hacks the web server, then
they've only got the webserver and not your local file storage.

-Rob

On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 09:25:37AM -0400, David Whitmer wrote:
> 
> Regarding the Samba suggestion... the web server I'm working with here
> is accessible from the public Internet, though it is behind a separate
> firewall.  If I were to setup Samba on it, even if it were configured
> to only be accessible from the internal LAN, might I then be exposing
> the server to security issues from the Internet?
>