[Nottingham] Configuring a basic web/FTp server

[Graham Greenwood]

Hi All,
       I am currently at college which of course is a Microsoft house but I 
would like to be able to backup my college work via the internet.  I was 
considering using proftp but on all the guides I have read it recommends 
configuring a seperate user for FTP and I was hoping to be sync my college 
work with a similar directory structure in my home folder.  In doing this do 
expose my to any more security concerns than I would using a special FTP 
account.

We also do some basic web development on this course and I would like to 
experiment on running my own web server but I only have a standard ntl 
broadband connections, as in DHCP, are there any services that work like 
DynaDNS for windows avaible for linux which are compatiable with 
firestarter.

Any help would be much appreciated

Cheers
Graham