DMZ and you

As I mentioned before I am in the process of creating my personal website. This website will be hosted on my machine in my basement. My network infrastructure at work involves a router that lies between the Internet and my computers ( 5). To host a web server, or even a game server usually requires enabling the DMZ on your router. This is not a secure option. As not only I expose my web server to the outside world, but my other computers.
One option is to use two routers . Use one router for my web server which will have a DMZ, and use the other router for my other computers. See this article for more information. This scenario provides for a secure infrastructure.

Hello World!

This is my first venture into the blogosphere. Most programmers will be familiar with my title. This usually the first output when you learn a new programming language.

You may be wondering about the kdmcgreg in the url http://kdmcgreg.blogspot.com/. Well, kdmcgreg made up my first email address. That was 10 years ago when I started my Computer Science degree.

This blog will act as an achor for my real venture of creating my own website. I am totally using open source tools and technologies for my website. More later

I am doing a project management course, and that course has truely open my eyes. For the past 10 years, I have been a techy. Nothing but learning the latest programming language and cool tools. Getting work pacakges from work and implementing them .However this project management course has showed me a new side to the IT field. Project charter, project scope, Work Breakdown Structure(WBS), and Network diagrams. The are some of the tools in Project Management that help you ensure that your project will be successful. As a result I am using my newly developed skill to build my website. I have created a charter, a scope, and a WBS. This has help me with my planning. Now own to executation!!!!