Hi all, I'm starting a new thread because the issue has changed. I'm testing an app that the software company claimes runs through SSL. I was able to install it on IIS6 and I can connect via https. Every second or third screen it brings up the warning box "this page contains secure and non-sec...more >>

Hi, I have Windows Server 2003 with IIS 6 and CMS 2002 for my intranet. Everything was working well on my development server. But now I try to put it on my production server, and when I try to access the intranet, I get an ASP.NET which basically tells that ASP.NET can't access IIS. A c...more >>

I configured Siteminder with IIS .When I am trying to run. I am getting the error Unable to load SiteMinder host configuration object or host configuration file C:\Program Files\Netegrity\SiteMinder Web Agent\Config\SmHost.conf Please advice...more >>

Recently one of my IIS boxes got rooted - all active sites were defaced and more importantly the hackers managed to get access to some databases which reside above website's roots (eg: website root is at c:\web\html, and the db resides in c:\web\data). In the logs the following info: cs-metho...more >>

After I downloaded and installed the Service Pack for windows XP Home Addition, I found that I was unable to change the Internet Options found under tools. I know there must be a way of canceling this options lock but i don't have any idea what to do. Do any of you? Help if you can. It w...more >>

We have a windows2003 member server in a native AD domain that runs SPS2003 as well as a number of non-SPS IIS6 web sites. We have managed to configure all the web sites *except* SPS2003 to use kerberos as their preferred authentication - so we know kerberos is working on the box. We have fol...more >>

There is a very vicious variant out there called Purity Scan I tried everthing there is to remove it but this was the only way http://www.purityscan.com/uninstall.html Spybot and ad aware are useless against this. Thank You, Joe...more >>

Hello, I am in need of assistance here please. I am getting popups on my server.I have run ad-aware and Spyware blaster I have removed a few things they found but I am getting more occasionally. I don't know where because Ad aware is not finding them. I also see a pop up quickly diappear...more >>

I'm running Server 03 with a web server and file server as well as acting as a domain controller My question is if it would be more secure or considered a good idea to have the web server on its own partition The idea being that if a malicious user manages to take control of IIS they are sort of...more >>

Hi everyone, I'm testing a new app on a standalone 2003. The website is mapped to a single IP address that is only used by this website. The app works fine with anonymous access. I want to use SSL for the sole purpose of encrypting traffic. User authentication is done within the app. I inst...more >>

When I run asp files using ordinary users (dont have administrative rights, just members of Domain Users group) its prompt me User, Password & Domain, when I put user's info again which is login as interactively its not accepted, or when I put user, password & domain who has equal rights t...more >>

Just wondering if its possible to raise an error when requesting eg. a JPG file, just like requesting the global.asa When requesting the global.asa you'll get the "HTTP Error 500-15 - Requests for global.asa not allowed" error ... and I would like something similar with the .JPG file......more >>

I've got a web server running IIS 5 with multiple sites. I have given the box an IP address for each of two different sites. We've installed two certificates, one for each site. I've read the note 187504 in Microsoft's knowledge base that says multiple certificates can't be used because...more >>

I have IIS 5 on w2k with sp4. Whats the default password of IUSR. I am running IIS on Domain controller....more >>

One day my pc using explore5.1 stopped getting on all sites begining with the IP address 191 please help thanks...more >>

I've got a problem that hopefully someone can help with... I have a website on "DomainA" (IIS Win2000 server) setup with Windows Integrated Authentication. If I'm logged on DomainA on a workstation, and try to access the website using IE, everything goes thru normally (expected behavior). ...more >>

Hi, I have 3 webserver with the same IIS configuration, on every server there are 5 similar sites, but the folders, %WinDir%\System32\LogFiles\w3svc1.. not are similar for every site on every server, for example, the first site on first server put the log on ..w3svc2, on other server the same si...more >>

Can someone please tell me how i can change my original username and password on my dial up connection account? Help me please??...more >>

Guys I have a thorny problem which I hope someone can shed a little light on for me. I have an windows 2000 machine running a secured virtual directory (VD), inasmuch as that the anonymous access has been disallowed for that VD. Instead the VD is set to use integrated windows authentication...more >>

I have two windows 2003 servers running IIS6. One is the production server, one is the test server. I have developed an asp.net app on the test server that requires kerberos authentication and *works perfectly*. I have transferred it to the production server and it doesnt work - on closer invest...more >>

I have read about 10,000 posts on this topic but still can't get it to work :( We are designing a web app under ASP.NET VB that connects to a SQL database. It needs to connect as the AD user currently using the browser (ie windows authentication), because we already have all the security setup c...more >>

I am looking for a good piece of software, free (freeware) is best, cheap is good, expensive is BAAAAD. :) All I need the tool to do is this: * Install and sit on a Windows 2003 server. * Monitor ports 25, 110, 80, 21, 20 * Record a log file of every IP address accessing the above ports with ...more >>

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Please forgive me if this is not the best newsgroup for this problem, but I have looked everywhere for answers and now I'm here. Is it possible to take a WindowsXP machine and enable IIS and build a small website that I could access from the internet, be authenicated at and then have access to...more >>

Hi, I am trying to secure a credit card page. I redirect to the credit card page from the url: http://mipdev05/features/myshops/MsShopCheckout.aspx?ID=a4f12d4d-e2fd-4785-83ec-4ea2ed1ca48c&P=1&VT=G to the url: https://mipdev05/features/myshops/MsPaymentDetails.aspx?ID=a4f12d4d-e2fd-4785-83ec-...more >>

Is there any reason Y I cannot get live updates? Its keeps telling me i have an error and asks if I am connected to the internet which I am. In addition to this when I try to go to the British Symantec website for support, i cannot connect as the web page comes up telling me that my sett...more >>

I currently have WinXP with IIS is activated. I would like to upgrade my IIS to vIIS6.0. Can someone tell me where can I download a copy of IIS v.60? I could not locate a copy of IIS 6.0. on the microsoft web page. thanks,...more >>

how to disable the frontpage srver extension...more >>

How to disable HTTP TRACE support on the Web Server by using the URLScan tool....more >>

I have a problem because somebody include a ping command into some script which DLL is in c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv (w3svc.dll) This command ping address 69.93.251.52 with 8KB and link lost performance I get information in log file c:\winnt\logfiles\w3svc1\... To solve problem I cut connection of...more >>

Hi, I have a WebService under IIS 5.1. I want to make the WebService use SSL with certificates for the server and the client. Is there a way to generate some test certificates to try it out? I tried going through the OpenSSL to do it but I gave up trying to read the UNIX/OpenSource type ...more >>

I can not add a new admin user to a web or FTP site. I can add global groups such as CREATOR OWNER or DIALUP but no individual users and no local groups. I ran IISLockdown just before this started happening. All other security appears to be OK. The machine is running W2K AS and IIS 5, it is...more >>

I have a pool of 6 servers that host the same website and use the same SSL cert from Thawte. Today SSL stopped working on every server. ANy ideas? Here is an error message I found on one of the servers Event Type: Erro Event Source: Schanne Event Category: Non Event ID: 3687 Date: 3/9/200 ...more >>

Browser http://localhost/iisHelp/iis/misc/default.asp show empty tree in left pannel. What is the matter? ...more >>

Hello all! firstly, sorry for the cross posting, but i'm not sure which group this belongs in! I've just enabled SSL on my sharepoint site, and tested it from both sides of the firewall, everything seems to be ok. The only problem is that now i can't customise my pages in Frontpage 2003 by cl...more >>

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can secure web pages on Woindows 2003 server web edition?I have installed Windows 2003 Web Server Edition and have a bunch of work I have created on the web site and such now I find out that Certificate services cannot be ran on 2003 Web edition. I think t...more >>

Ok, I know this should be easy but I haven't been able to find the answer. I have recently installed an SSL certificate on a W2000Server machine. From the internet, communication to and from both the http and https side is working fine. However, I now cannot access an external https sit...more >>

With Windows 2003/IIS 6 is administrator rights required to run IIS Manager? Is there a way I can allow someone to create virtual directories without giving them Administrative rights? Thank you! ...more >>

Every second or third time I restart my computer I have an unwanted home page in my IE browser when I open it. I always go back into Internet Options and change the home page back, but this keeps happening. How do I change this so it never happens again?...more >>

I have a site which I grant only ONE ip address (one user) access by using iis security. I also have Basic Authentication set up and am trying to set it up so that everyone else gets a username/password prompt if they are not coming from that one ip address. Right now it just gives them the "acces...more >>

How do I get rid of automatic pop-ups planted in my computer that are both irritating and unwanted? How do I deactivate the relevant files/programs?...more >>

Hi all I have a basic question I intend to create a page from where the user can download a file (exe, xls etc..). The page by itself is protected, requiring the user to logon (it is a simple SQL Server based User ID/Pwd authentication and not Windows logon) before getting on to the page. But onc...more >>

We have a Windows 2000/IIS 5.0 Server for our Intranet. Essentially, = anyone inside our organization can access the site with no security = required [e.g. passwords, etc.]. We would like to open this up, and = allow people on the outside. However, how to we set this up to prompt = for a usernam...more >>

For company intranet, I changed the IUSR pwd with UM4D and moved Daemons from SYSTEM to a special user. Gave this special user advanced rights to logon locally and logon as service. I also made WWWroot a share and Everyone has read access. Event viewer says Unknown user or bad passwd. I've s...more >>

We need to display the login date/time in the IIS Ftp server Welcome Message. Are there veriables, like %m or $month that would display the mm/dd/yy, hh:mm.ss?? Thanks -Ron...more >>

I have been merily using the password on the content control on our home computer and mnow find that one of my Kids must have seen me use the password and they have changed it. It means that the rest of the family is unable to use explorer as the person who changed does not want to own up....more >>

I get the following message and don't know how to "correct" or get rid of the security setting. "Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page. As a result, the page ay not display correctly."...more >>

While surfing I unknowingly picked up something which has taken control over my favorites file. Though I remove various unwanted items, when I envoke Internet Explorer the unwanted items are back. What have I got and, more importantly, how do I get rid of it?>...more >>

Please Help. I am using windows XP home and internet explorer 6.0. When I try to register a new account on certain web sites I have this problem: I fill out the form with all my personal details then I press continue and it takes me to the next screen that displays my details. Then I press ...more >>

When I browse to HTTP://localhost/defacult.asp, it shows the message: Server Application Error The server has encountered an error while loading an application during the processing of your request. Please refer to the event log for more detail information. Please contact the server admi...more >>