How can I secure my localhost?

[BarrMan]

Anyone who wants or knows my ip can go into my localhost and see what I have in there.
Can I make a password for my localhost? I mean, for only people that look at my sites from other computers.
Or just allow a certain ip to see what I got there?

Thanks.

[degsy]

There are many things you can do.

If you have a router then block incomming requests for port 80
You could change the post in IIS to something non-standard.
http://localhost:8123

You could setup allowed IP addresses via IIS
You could remove Anonymous access via IIS.

[graficus]

Windows firewall should be on, if you have XP, that would take care of it.
It's really crazy not to have a router though.

[BarrMan]

Thanks alot for your help!

Hey, I've managed to do something like that but I played with it too much and it kinda made alot of problems...
When I try to access my server with either localhost or my computer ip I get this error message:
You are not authorized to view this page

I've played with the security settings inside the Internet Information Services which is located inside the administrative tools.

Thanks for the helpers!

[BarrMan]

Anyone please? :(

[graficus]

Maybe uncheck 'Windows Integrated Authentication' in Directory Security in IIS?
Also could run file permissions wizard (right-click website or VD > all tasks) and change to 'public website'. it won't make it "public-public", just do it.
And make sure you have at least "Read" perm in directory settings.