"Joe Hardin" <spepa@c-gate.net> wrote in message
news:uDel604QEHA.3744@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> 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 my intranet? I would like to use Internet Explorer to see
> desktops on my intranet while I am outside at a remote location.
>
> A few days ago I ran across a Microsoft download for an ActiveX control
that
> seemed to be an add in for IIS that would assist in the authenication.
The
> download also included a small generic webpage (html) that could be served
> out to ask for the authenication information from the remote user. I have
> since lost my way back to that Microsoft download page for that item and
my
> search for it have turned up nothing. Does anyone have a clue where that
> download is?
>
> The bottom line is this. I want to connect my LAN to the internet 24x7
and
> have an internet appliance in place to provide the firewall services. I
> really need to be able to use IE to look inside, instead of having to use
a
> client VPN solution, because sometimes the remote machine might not and
> probably would not have a VPN client on it that would facilitate access to
> my network. Therefore I would like to use IE and have a simple cheap
> solution webserver located in a DMZ or behind the firewall, (wherever
> required), to authenicate to and then allow me to navigate to various
W2000
> server desktops to check them.
>
> Thanks so much for your help, it's really appreciated,
>
> Joe Hardin
> spepa@c-gate.net
>
>