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suppose i want to run a shell server .. wht i need to begin. and if i have a shell account at any server can i use noo-profit IP as vhost ?

and wht is ipv4 and ipv6 and wht is difference between them?

slave wrote:suppose i want to run a shell server .. wht i need to begin.

A computer, a bit of knowlege, and the ability to RTFM. Go with small steps. First install a *nix OS on a computer and set it up as a server, play around with user administration, then learn as much as you can about security, hacking, and all that fun stuff.

slave wrote:and if i have a shell account at any server can i use noo-profit IP as vhost ?

I don't know what this means.

slave wrote:and wht is ipv4 and ipv6 and wht is difference between them?

Their different versions if IP (the Internet Protocol). On big difference is the addresses. IPv4 address have 32 bit's of space and look something like this: 192.168.4.72 or the classic 127.0.0.1. IPv6 addresses are much larger and are written in hex. Also leading 0's can be dropped off so 2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:1428:57ab is the same as 2001:db8::1428:57ab.
There's also a lot of other internal differences between the two protocols, but it's sufficient to say that IPv6 is stabler, more secure, and more versatile.
for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Protocol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4

slave wrote:suppose i want to run a shell server .. wht i need to begin. and if i have a shell account at any server can i use noo-profit IP as vhost ?

and wht is ipv4 and ipv6 and wht is difference between them?

1) you need to familiarize yourself with *nix envoirments, like the post above me says, learn a bunch of things, play around

2) if by non-profit you mean an ip such as no-ip.org, or cjb.net or any other redirection services, you can, as long as you can bind the IP (your shell provider most likely will say yes-or-no) to the host you've created

3) Read Up

Slave: do like he said. install a *nix OS onto an old box of yours, (I would avoid gentoo if I were you, at least to start), then figure out how to use no-ip or something to set yourself up with a free domain name. Then learn how to use Open SSH and apache (you need this to set up web based vhosts) and then read up on hacking and so on

i´d recommend any BSD for that kind of purpose, of course you would need to learn "RTFM" b4 even start downloading the isos. try debian sarge.