Once an Export is made and instlalled on to another server, is it possible to export again from the server that is was imported into. In other words, you can only export from the server that the CSR we created from. Is this statement correct? Thanks ...more >>

Feb.7th I rec'd email from a known source to my verizon mail site w/a virus.Luckily my norton went to work and saved me but my question is since my verizon mail goes through microsoft internet exployer can I find the or reproduce the senders address where verizon no longer has it after 48 ...more >>

Hi! After trying to configure my IIS 5.0 (running on Windows 2000 server) to send the entire certificate hierarchy/chain to the client when the https communication is started, I concluded that this is impossible. Can anyone confirm this? Or is it possible and I just spent the last six days ...more >>

Using IIS on windows XP pro. We have a requirement for the com object to be able to create sub-folders within a folder on our web site So you would end up with a tree that looks like this \inetpub\wwwroot\a \inetpub\wwwroot\a\user1 \inetpub\wwwroot\a\user2 \inetpub\wwwroot\a\user3 T...more >>

How can I delete what are apparently spyware files that do not allow me access? In other words, I can't delete them. For example: C:\Program Files\AproposClient\Apropos.exe and C:\Program Files\eZula\mmod.exe thanks, Keith...more >>

Hi, I have got an strange issue. The problem is, I have just renewed a certificate but its not working i.e. it has been installed properly, visible in request and personal folder in 'certificate snap-in' in MMC, valid date till 2005 but.the site is inaccessible with https:// It was working ...more >>

Hi, Is there any way to block a web site to be listed on search engines? For example if the dns name is www.companyname.com, google returns the address if someone searchs for "company name"; even if we don't submit the website on any saerch engine and there is no link to www.companyname.com ...more >>

Looking for some opinions on the FQDN for my SSL pages. My main site is accessed as: http://www.pistoleer.com or http://pistoleer.com Some options for the secure pages include, https://www.pistoleer.com https://pistoleer.com https://secure.pistoleer.com https://protected.pistoleer.com ht...more >>

Hi, I am currently test running an old ASP application on IIS 6.0 and I have a question on what user identity is actually being used. I created a new application pool with its own service identity account (let's call it TestService, and added it to the IIS_WPG group) and assigned the web app ...more >>

win 2003 server. IIS 6.0 logged in as Local Admin. Using Certificate Wizard. When finishing all steps to created the certificate request, I hit next to create the certificate request, I then get this error. I tried importing a cert from another 2003 server, and also get an access denied wh...more >>

We recently purchased a SSL certificate from Thawte. We created the cert request and waited to get the cert back from them. It took them a week to get us the cert. So in the meantime we had to install a temporary cert because we couldn't wait for the real one. In this process, we had to remo...more >>

Please help I am looking to get a SSL Cert from Verisign and I have a domain name question/issue. I have a public FQDN for my domain and I want to run MS Outlook Web Access on my Windows 2003 Server running IIS 6.0. The issue I have is that the local domain name varies from the public doma...more >>

I am having some problems figuring out a good way to implement security that will comply with my sites requirements. Here is the situation: I need to allow anonymous connections to my site, but I also need to automatically log people in using their AD login information if it is present. O...more >>

Help Someone has managed to set a password on internet explorer 5.5 for the content advisor. No-one knows the password. Is there any way of re setting this as it is stopping me browse any sites without it. Operating system is windows 2000 Thanks in anticipation ...more >>

Dear All, I have inserted this piece of code:- path=server.mappath("../../../databases/") & "/merlin.mdb" Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set f = fso.GetFile(path) lastmodified=f.DateLastModified lastmodified=dateAdd ("h",6,lastmodified) so that I can determine wh...more >>

Hi, There are some times that in my FTP server (IIS 5.0) when a user upload files these files are blocked and not is possible to delete them, not even the administrator can delete the files. The files are unblocked single when it spends a time or when is reinitiated the FTP service. Why ca...more >>

Hi, Do we still need to use UrlScan and IIDLockDown on IIS6.0 I am asking this because i heared about security improvement on IIS6.0 and those tools has been developed during IIS 5 time. Thanks, Ali ...more >>

I have a new site I created, I can access just fine at http://localhost I can also go to another machine on my lan and type http://servername however, if I type http://FQDN (the AD FDQN for this server on the lan) I get prompted with a login box, weird huh? I don't understand what the differ...more >>

Can a SSL certificate be transfered from one IIS6 server to another IIS6 server (different IP, and different zipcode, but same domain)? Or will I need to purchase another certificate? Pete http://www.Pistoleer.com - Retail & Wholesale (PH/FX 618-288-4588) ____________________________________...more >>

I recently installed a Verisign certificate into my website using the IIS 6 MMC. I created a Enterprise Root CA on the domain server and a Subordinate Root CA on the web server to manage certificates. The certificate does not show in either CA. What step have I missed?...more >>

Hi, I have not done this before of using an existing certificate in the new server. We have a new production machine which needs to have SSL enabled. There is already an existing SSL certificate on the old production server. I need to get this certificate to be installed on the new serv...more >>

Can someone direct me to directions to set up basic win authentication on a webpage running IIS 6? We want to make it so that when users go to a site, they get prompted for their windows username and password before they can see the page. We set something up but I think we did it wrong ...more >>

Hi,I tried to download "Microsoft Security Notification Service" from MS Website.But I got an Error message & was directed to contact MS product support,which I couldn't. I have Windows 98SE and use Internet Explorer 6 SP1. Is there a way to download the above mentioned Service or ...more >>

Hell I having a dilemma about the security on a page that I have developed. My problem is that I'm not sure if a page in http that sends a post form to HTTPS is secure? Is the post data secured before the HTTP post request is send to the HTTPS page thanks regards yake...more >>

Does anyone know if NT4 suports IAS (Internet Authentication Service)? Or, does one have to upgrade NT4 to Win 2000? Thanks, Brian...more >>

I would like to have a directory that is Forms authenticated so that all ASP.NET resources contained within the directory require a logged on user. Per spec, I have to accomplish this through the use of the <location /> element in the web.config file. I have written the code that authenticates t...more >>

I CANNOT ACCESS MY HOTMAIL ACCOUNT OR ANY SECURE WEBSITES. I CHECKED MY SECURITY SETTINGS AND EVERYTHING COMES UP FINE. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG...more >>

DEsktops NT4, W2k and XP don't have any problems to authenticate on a web serveur w2k sp3. But a Win95 give a error when authenticating. the win95 has IE5 and receive the logon Windows but give an unsolved dns error. notes: SSL is not in use The IIS use the basic authentication method. ...more >>

I have a question about 2 setting in the Internet Services Manager for IIS 5. In the properties on the default website, on the WebSite tab. There is a section called Connections with a Connection Timeout value of 900 seconds. On the Home Directory Tab, in the Application Settings section, w...more >>

I have installed URLScan and i am still get a respond on my web site to trace and track commands. I thought URLScan 2.5 woul take care of it. I have the AllowVerbs set to 1 and then the very TRACE and track are not in that section. Any ideas?...more >>

I have a standalone server behind a load balancer/application switch. The server does not have a DNS name. Users access the web-site using the ip address of the server. I followed the steps outlinei in article Q299525 . In step 1.h I gave the ip address of the box as the common name. Proc...more >>

I created a certificate request. My server is a standalone server that does not have a DNS entry and is behind a loadbalancer/application switch. Users would access the server with a fully quallified IP address. I followed the steps in Article Q299525 till step 1.g. For 1.h I gave the IP a...more >>

I have a Windows 2000 SP4 member server with IIS and Exchange 5.5. We are publishing the Exchange VRoot with Basic Authentication turned on and our domain to authenticate selected. A few weeks ago when logging into Exchange OWA the mailbox would never load into the browser and it would just hang o...more >>

Hi all I have just set up a new windows 2003 server with IIS 6.0 I want my IIS administrators to be able to administre the IIS (create new sites and so on) but i do not want the to be able to install new programs on the server. So i don't want them being a member of the local administrato...more >>

I'm running IIS 6.0 on Windows 2003 Server. I've written an application that lets users upload files to a folder on the server. The upload feature works well, no matter the size or type of the file uploaded. The problem lies in the downloading of some of the files after they're uploaded. I'...more >>

i can access the webfiles using IE but when i use netscape iam getting errors..its not even showing up default localhost page ..its asking for username and password and when i enter the information it sayd authorization failed with message HTTP 401.3 - Access denied by ACL on resource.. d...more >>

My apology if this is not the correct group to answer this ==> My web application is written in ASP, I am testing that under IIS 6.0 and Windows 2003 standard edition...Everything works great ! except I am geting file not found error.... the problm is like this...my application generates ...more >>

I have a Trial SSL Cert from Verisign and followed the instructions to get the cert and install the cert, but I am having trouble configuring the web server to allow access to the site via a SSL connection. ...more >>

I recently made a post on a couple Win2k newsgroups, but I believe the post was OT and thus ignored, which I expected; hopefully this NG is better suited for my question. Anyhow, I am trying to use ASP to add IIS accounts to a Win2k server, and apparently, without modifications, I am required to...more >>

A very basic question which I am unable to solve: I am trying to get a demo running on an XP Pro machine. Within this demo I want to use the integrated authentication option of IIS. I created a virtual directory and placed a simple html file inside this directory. When I access from this file a...more >>

I'have an asp page that creates a pdf file in a folder,this page works with http Now I have installed https on IIS5 and my browser is not able to download the pdf file, the error is "unable to find the site..." If I choose advanced option of IE6.0 and I select "do not save crypt pages onto the dis...more >>

Hi, i would map a network drive from a share on another server. it works fine with the net use command under user login but it do not work from an asp script or dll. is this that i have to add the iuser_<computer_name> profile into network computer that share it resources? Thanks a l...more >>

Hi everybody, I have IIS 5 running on a couple of Win 2k servers in a Win2k ActiveDirectory domain. I've set things up for Kerberos authentication, as per this KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=215383 Everything works fine provided I use three separate machines, as per the ...more >>

I'm hosting a site on IIS, but when I try to access it from the internet I get a sign-in box, and then Error: Access is Denied message. If I fill out a valid username and password I can access the web site. But want users to access my site without a password. I've enabled anonymous access...more >>

I recently upgraded the DC to 2003. On the domain I also have two web servers. When I finished the DC upgrade I discovered that Mac clients can no longer submit website forms (POST) using IE under SSL to the web servers - both still Win 2000. Has anyone else seen or heard of this? More info...more >>

W2K3 OS w/IIS6.0 (All updates/patches) Using the default FTP feature within The goal is to limit FTP logon's to allow a predertimed time, either per general session or per user. I've been searching through the components properties to enable a FTP session time limit, but am unable to loca...more >>

Help!!! When I run Explorer, I get a black popup that prevents me from, temporarily, doing anything. The top of it says" winnt\system32\cmd.exe" and sometimes it tells me that I can type in "net helpmsg 2310" but I can't type it- the window disappears...HELP!!!...more >>