Hey All, We recently had one of our IIS servers hacked (not mission critical server, so we were not too bothered) in which one of the sites default document was either hacked or replaced with a file stating the following : "SORRY ADMIN SPYKIDS OWNZ YOUR WINDOWS f*** you USA irc.brasnet.org ...more >>

Hi Folks, first post. Does anyone know, is it possible to block automated worms by locking down the default website completely by blocking all incoming IP's, yet having subdirectories or virtual directories under the default web that may be more open to others? My guess is the worms coul...more >>

cerco qualcuno che possa aiutarmi a risolvere il problema relativo al soggetto ...more >>

I am having problems with an error " Service Unavailiable", what can I do to correct this condition?...more >>

After applying the security Patch MS04-021 (841373) on two (!) NT4.0 SP6a Servers (German) the IIS 4.0 Services (ftp, www) failed to start on both servers. The error message says "Modul nicht gefunden" ("Module not found") error number 0126 and 7023. There is no way to start the services. ...more >>

The tool was installed. An unrelated problem led to the log file being purged. As a result, the tool can not be re-run. The tool detects that it has been installed and attempts to repair its prior action, but fails as follows: Starting undo... Backing up IIS metabase... Unable to backup IIS ...more >>

For the WebDav problem Microsoft posted a workaround of adding a key: MaxClientRequestBuffer with a value of 16384. (Ms03-007). Now in http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-021.mspx they have added a key MaxClientRequestBufferData with a value of 16384. Is this a misprint or a...more >>

I'm using C# to try figure out which of the user groups I have created on my server are attached to a folder in order to decide if I want to display them to the user or not. I can tell what groups the user is in, but I can't tell which groups belong to the folder to compare the two. Has ...more >>

Could someone explain to me what web services are? I am tryimg to understand what they are and how they work...more >>

Is there anyway you can tell what site is uploading from your computer. I have removed file sharing programs from my PC, I run AD Aware-Zone Alarm yet there is still data going out....more >>

Using win2k, exchange 2k. I need to enable Outlook Web Access for my traveling people, I understand that to do this properly I need to use using SSL. I know next to nothing about this subject so I am running through a technet article on the subject and here are the first questions that come to ...more >>

I am having a strange issue when using 8.3 notation (a ~ character in the name) for file names and hosting them with IIS 5.0. I get prompted for credentials when I select the file. I can rename the file to remove the ~ and it will allow me to download the file using the Anonymous account. Put ...more >>

Good Day Folks, Could someone tell me what the steps are and what is required to use SFTP instead of plain FTP in IIS 5.0 on a Windows 2000 Server? Is it different for Windows Server 2003 as we will be migrating to it in the near future? We have a new requirement that the site use SFTP f...more >>

We have several ASP.NET project running on external server, the problem we face is all bin folder on this server get hidden so this reason all asp.net project get error saying bin folder doesn't found couldn't access any site. Whenever we create bin folder this get hidden and we can access...more >>

I am running IIS 6. I have an application designed to authenticate the users as to who they are and then only allow them to get certain files depending on how the authenticated. We want all users to be able to access our site. The problem is that if a user was clever, they would be able to mo...more >>

Does anyone have any information concerning Mrs Daphne Deckers - infosponsor233@netscape.net? I have received notification of lottery winnings and need to know if it is a scam. On searching the internet there appears to be a claim of the lottery being associated with Bill Gates to highli...more >>

A virutal directory with anonuymous access disabled doesn't work in aa application domain running a domain user as Identity. The domain user is local admin on the intranet server, member o IIS_WPG and has all privileges of Network Service I could find. If I switch on anonymous access, I can...more >>

hey i want to access one html page(from frame or iframe) which is residing on another domain (for e.g. http://www.google.com)and after that i am reading contents of the page by using following code myFrame.document.body.innerHTML which is giving access denied error microsoft document say...more >>

I had this problem several months ago suddenly out of the blue. Back then also I discussed over it in a Microsoft Newsgroup and they provided me with a 'run' command and then I edited a file. After that it was good. The problem then was that, banners wouldnt appear on any website that I go to. Espec...more >>

I just installed Symantecs Norton's Internet Security to my machine. But now I cannot view web pages from the localhost. I get a "The page cannot be displayed" error. I looked for help at the Symantec support site but there was nothing written about this common problem. How do I fix it? Terry...more >>

Can Outlook Web Access 2000 function if Parent Paths are disabled in IIS 5.0? Thanks, - CJ...more >>

I have to reboot my computer, but not my high speed cable modem. This may happen several times an hour or less. I do not have to be accessing the Internet for this to happen. Is anyone aware of a patch for this or does anyone khow I can email support to find out if there is an update?...more >>

Hello, I was able to create SSL certificate by SelfSSL tool from IIS6 RK and now when user opens our intranet site 'security alert' window pops up. I order to continue user should click 'yes'. Is there any way to fix this? We are trying to use SSL certificates internally. Thanks, Boris ...more >>

Hi I am tiring to get this to work. My problem is that when I have value null from the form The process page pass that value to IIS but If I have two sites working and another site use the same port number It stops one site then starts the other site What can I do so when a pass a null numbe...more >>

I can't seem to set up the following permissions for a folder on my website: I need to set up write permissions only for users logging into the customer side of the site, no permissions for anonymous users (those not logged in) and full permissions for users logging into the administrative port...more >>

can you restrict access to your intranet by a user id?...more >>

Hi, Using IIS6, How can I restrict each client IP to maximum 2 sessions, so if a client asks for 3rd session, it waits untill one of other 2 sessions ends. Thanks, Alan ...more >>

Hi, Using IIS6, Is it possible to limit webserver to maximum 10 connections? Thanks, Alan ...more >>

We have a Novell network and a Window 2k3 native network. We are running an IIS server on the 2k3 side but we need to manage it from both sides. I am a member of the Domain Admins group and the Administrators group on the IIS server. When I try to login as to that server it tells me I am not a...more >>

Lately I have been Hammered by popups, How do I stop them. HELP...more >>

In IIS 5.0 we had set the following registry entry to disable WebDAV, is that still a good practice in IIS 6.0? [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3SVC\Parameters] "DisableWebDAV"=dword:00000001 Appreciate your help. Thanks, Paul ...more >>

We have a couple of Intranet web applications that use Office Web Components, and logon is done using integrated security set to SSPI. Our users have "Automatic logon only in Intranet zone" specified in Zone 2 in their Internet Settings, and this worked fine and dandy - until we installed MDAC...more >>

hi, how can I implement passowrd protected access to IIS located files? for example: when somebody tries: http://x.msmobiles.com/a/dupa.pdf then page with user name and password should open. then user enters name and password then program connects to certain webservice to validate a...more >>