Hi there
Brand new member and new-ish to XAMPP too so please excuse my probably stupid question. I HAVE searched but most of the possibly relavent replies were several years old.
I'll start by saying I am NOT trying to use Xampp for a production site, but working on a private project building a massive database that I would like to allow 1 or 2 other people to access for collaboration only. Is there a way to basically refuse ALL access to everyone else to anything, except allowed people who would have ALL access ?
I only use Apache, PHP and MySQL. None of the other stuff whatsoever.
I have tried doing this by Windows Firewall rules (only allowing known pre-defined IPs) which seemed to work but then various functions stopped working properly e.g. PHP using FTP and WebDav. Thought I would try attacking this from a different angle even though I know XAMPP is not supposed to be "public". Is there a safe "best way" to only allow a couple of people access, only showing the ROTW a "Forbidden" page ? Or can XAMPP never be secure if open to possible public connections ?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Oh - Before anyone mentions it, Linux is not an option !! and the collaborators would need access to phpMyAdmin, in order to test queries.
Many thanks
Zoe