How to access a server http port 80 with port forwarding behind a router but require a password

[Stephen]

I know cox will allow port 443 on home servers so that's half. The other is
setting up Apache to require authentication.
On Jun 30, 2011 5:28 PM, "Judd Pickell" <pickell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Before you get too excited, most home network providers don't allow
> riding port 80. You can always use a different port like 8081 to
> bypass. Standard Authentication is doable via .htaccess with apache,
> however you goal is to be secure so you will likely want to setup a
> HTTPS port with basic authentication in Apache that you will point to.
> Not the most perfect solution but it does do roughly what you are
> wanting.
>
> Sincerely,
> Judd Pickell
>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 5:22 PM, <leegold at speedymail.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
>>
>> I have an intranet server behind a NAT router. Very standard linksys
>> router home setup. The server has a static IP. I used port forwarding in
>> the router to use SSH and log into the server remotely - it works OK.
>>
>> I want no one outside my home network to access any webpages on the
>> server unless they're authenticated.. I know I could port forward like
>> with ssh but with http port 80 and then see webpages , but again this
>> would open it up to anyone with my cable modem's IP - wouldn't it?
>>
>> I need a secure way like SSH that requires a password before anyone
>> could access port 80 and http from the server from a remote network.
>>
>> How do I do this? And on the local network people can get served pages
>> normally as usual. Just remote would need authentication. Must be
>> commonly done(?)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Lee G.
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