hi' how do i set up security so i stop receiving junk mail....more >>

How do I actually secure this thing if: 1. I need it for my asp scripts. 2. The hosted sites should be able to use it but should only be able to write in their own directory and subdirs. I know it's not possible but I want to know what workaround to implement because a lot of hosting co...more >>

I'm trying to set up a workgroup windows xp professional workstation security. I have two questions. 1. in some ms articles, they mentioned 'everyone' account. Why I cannot see it in my users and groups? 2. I set up a group called ftpusers, and a user called for example John. I add thi...more >>

I have been having trouble completing the download "Cumulative Security Update for Internet Exployer 6 SPI (KB824145). When the download is installing, I get a message "System memory running low. Norton Anti-Virus may not be able to function properly." And the download does not complete...more >>

On my Windows Server 2003 Web Edition I have installed an application which offers some OLE Automation Objects. On my local system (W2k Prof) it works fine but on my server 2003 I have a big problem with the access right. I configured the IIS so that for this site E:\Websites\myASPSite the ASP ...more >>

I'm using network-tools.com to check my websites for http and ssl headers and when I do the http headers they show up but the ssl ones do not. Also, on my master www service properties sheet there is no port listed under ssl port but there is port 80 for http port. What gives? How would I add ...more >>

I bailed on this before and just went to Basic Authentication and told the users they would have to live with signing on again.... but now I need to get it working... Domain: Windows 2003 Web Server: Windows 2003 SQL Server: Windows 2000 The web server and the SQL server are trusted for de...more >>

Hello everyone, I can use some help in helping figure this out. I have several sites running in a ServerWin2K SP4 with FP Ext 2000. I upgraded my FP2000 to FP2003 at my PC running WinXP Pro and now, I can only open some sites others I get an error as follow: "The folder 'http://amb.host.net...more >>

Does anyone have a visual script that implements the following functionality about IIS Functionality: walk the IIS metabase from a given start node and reset certain properties Manually this functionality make the following 1. I select the option "Permissions Wizard" from the "All tasks" co...more >>

Hi, We are trying to test out using SSL for securing our up coming websites. I know that MS supply a Certificate Server and this is what we want to use for initial testing. However, during the installation process of the Certificate Server, a dialog appears saying that the computer cann...more >>

Hi, I work in a large school which has recently purchased several new servers to replace the single box that ran all our services, part of the move requires reconfiguration of the network. I am hoping that someone can help me to understand whether the following is possible. First our environme...more >>

Hi, all I have a web application (Windows 2000 SP4, IIS5, ASP) that uses client certificates. When the client connects to the homepage, the popup window appears stating that the client should select a client certificate for the application. When the client selects the certificate, there is ...more >>

I just enabled SSL on my default web page, I only want certain directories to be SSL enabled. Can someone direct me usaims...more >>

I was on several adult sights and now I have sight address listed on my favorite list that I am unable to delete or remove from my computer. What can I do to eliminaate this from my computer?...more >>

Hi, From a security point of view, how much additional security does having a certificate to access a website provide over using Windows authentication? Also, when using a SSL connection and using Windows authentication, i take it that the username/password is also encrypted? Andrew...more >>

We have just set up a Windows 2003 Server Standard and put up a site with IIS. We would like users from the internet to have to authenticate when visiting the site but do not want to create accounts for all these "public" users in our active directory... We allready have a triple A radius running...more >>

How can I create my own SSL certificate? (without using any CA) ...more >>

Hi: do I need to re-apply the security patches on IIS5 after creating a second website??? Thanks...more >>

Hi thanks for your help with the 401.3 error. got my html pages to load. asp pages are not loading. I'm getting the error "HTTP 500 - Internal server error Internet Explorer ". downloaded Q184566. checked anonymous user name and password using adsutil.vbs file. created new anonymous ...more >>

Is there a way to configure an IIS virtual directory from the command line? Now, i configure my virtual directory, called by example 'V6Dev', manually. I tell us the steps i use to configure this settings: 1. I select the option "Permissions Wizard" from the "All tasks" contextual ...more >>

Is there a way to configure an IIS virtual directory from the command line? Now, i configure my virtual directory, called by example 'V6Dev', manually. I tell us the steps i use to configure this settings 1. I select the option "Permissions Wizard" from the "All tasks" contextual menu of th...more >>

Hi, We have a CGI (.exe) that connects to a database an returns a HTML response to IIS. It has been running great on IIS 4.0 for years. We are testing this CGI+database on IIS 6.0 and after countless ours trying to run this combo we can't make it work. The CGI gets executed by IIS 6.0 b...more >>

i'm concerned i'm a hack target and am trying to find out what the last code in my log file signifies, the codes 500 and 404 in this log and the cs-method of HEAD see below sample of w3svc1 log entries, what has me concerned is the program names like fun.exe, dildo.exe, dark.exe, etc i have...more >>

Hi Guys, I have the following problem. My IIS dir structure is as follows: c:\inetpub\site1 c:\inetpub\site2 c:\inetpub\siten The inetpub folder has this permissions: EVERYONE: Full - this folder, sub folders and files INTERACTIVE: RX - this folder, sub folders NETWORK: RX - this folde...more >>

Everytime I try to get on certain sites my browser shuts off. I need this certain site because it's where I register for class! It's a big problem can someone help? ...more >>

Hello, I've configured IIS 4.0 on an NT4 Server, SP6 from the option pack and use IIS NTML authentication. This works als long as I connect to the server using the URL http://nodename or http//localhost without entering credentials. As soon as I enter the URL in the form http://192.168.0.5 or ...more >>

I am unable to change the default website on my internet explorer. Every time I try and change it to one of the search engines, it goes right back to 'royalsearch.net.' Additionally, when I type a website (yahoo.com) in the web browser, it automatically defaults BACK to royalsearch.net. ...more >>

I changed my IIS6 (Windows 2003) default Website Authentication security settings. Now is showing - [checked] Enable Anonymous Acces - [checked] Integrated Windows Authenticatio I do use Exchange 2003 OWA. Is this correct? Just want to be sure Jimmy...more >>

HI, am having problem with our website. when anonymous login, page fails with 401.3 error (ACL on resource IIS). have checked permissions for anon user on the folder (read, execute permissions). tried specifying password for anon user. we are running IIS 5.0 on windows 2000. any help i...more >>

Here is what we want and maybe someone can guide me in the right direction. We are running IIS 5.0 on Windows 2000 Server. We want to host a website on the internet that is going to be an online board room for our company so it has to be fairly secure. When the user goes to the site we ...more >>

I have a standalone XP Pro development PC where there are several web applications created via Visual Studio.NET, and a few of them are defunct; I'd like to delete them. I open Administrative Tools -> Internet Information Services and then find the web application directory: Internet Info...more >>

Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can monitor my 14 year's internet use. He has his own password and we didn't "restrict" his ability because it was too limited. I want to either 1)find out his user password so I can check up on him or 2)have his user account accessible to me under ...more >>

I have been trying to us Microsoft IM in house with our exchange2k server and recently no users can authenticate to it... I get an error in MSIM 2.2 and 5.0 that says: Exchange Messaging Authentication Failure. The person logged onto this computer does not have permission to use the specifie...more >>

I've read in a couple of Microsoft articles that ntlm should not be used over the internet for authenticating users. The reason given is that ntlm relies on 'implicit end-to-end state' so that proxies positioned between the client and web server can cause unexpected problems (most notably 'Access D...more >>

I have a single stand alone web server that is running Windows 2000 Server IIS5. I schedule a reboot daily for this server and it has been quite reliable. However, over the past month a few times after the reboot the website is unavailable and I get the following message in the event log: ...more >>

I don't use frontpage to develop my sites, however, I have customers that use frontpage (2002). Here is the link, feel free to fill out the form and try it to see what I am talking about. http://choicefixedassets.gateshosting.com/request.htm I have security pretty tight on my boxes, so when ...more >>

I am trying to request a certificate from MS CA running in standalone mode. It is running on IIS6/Windows 2003 as a standalone server is not part of any domain and is not running AD. I am requesting the cert via a VB application utilizing xenroll.dll and Certcli references. The error I ge...more >>

I'm having a problem and I wonder if you might be able to help me. I am learning ASP.NET and loving it. I have Windows XP IIS installed and working on my PC. I have downloaded a "Guestbook" from the internet utilizing ASP.NET written using C#. The guestbook is awesome. I allows users ...more >>

I delete favorte places items only to have them reappear upon boot up. Do I have a virus? Trogan Horse has appeared when running Norton Antivirus. What do I do next....more >>