First of all, I'm new here; and just now learning IIS - so thanks for being patient with me! I have a website, www.mywebsite.com, that has default page of default.aspx. I have applied the SSL to the entire site. Now, my customer would like to be able to do this: They would like to go t...more >>

Hello, I have a website programed in asp and it needs parent paths to operate correctly. I have heard of parent paths being very risky. What are the issues with this type of setup? Thank you Joe...more >>

I am unable to open an IIS page using the IP address. Instead I receive the MSN search page with the message "We can't find "192.168.1.11". Web pages will open if I use "Localhost" or 127.0.0.1 This is a new installation with all default settings. Running IIS on WinXP Pro SP2 with workgr...more >>

I may have to set up an ftp site for anonymous upload. The files to be uploaded will be text only. I have been looking for a way to force the site to allow 7-bit connections only - is this possible? Or is there some other way I could enforce text only? Thanks, Carol ...more >>

I have a problem with IIS 5.0, My IP address is blocked by IIS server automatically, when I browse the web page. I have to go to IIS admin, remove my ip address from the deny list. DOes anybody know why IIS blocks my IP address? Thanx. B&B. ...more >>

I have a server 2k3 with SP1 and latest patches connected to my domain. The problem that i am having is that one of my website will not authenticate my user. I have set the authenication level to Intergrated Windows authentication but it won't accept my user name or password. i was looki...more >>

Why is my windows update request failing?...more >>

Hi all Is it achievable to use an application login to bypass the Basic authentication prompt? Via ISAPI? Thanks in advance! Regards, Kenneth ...more >>

I am running IIS 5.1 on a XP sp2 PC. I have created an internal web site for my staff. This site contains pages that are published from excel speadsheets when edited by a designated employee. Originally the spreadsheets were access via a shared directory, opened then edited and saved which pub...more >>

Hello, I am new at setting up IIS Web Servers . I need to make sure that a new Web Server running on Windows 2003 SP1 server with IIS 6 is set up securely. Here are the steps I've already taken: 1) Created two NTFS partitions - one for the system and another for data 2) Installed URLSca...more >>

Hi Ive got a website which is restricted using the IP address and domain name restrictions option. Ive been asked to add 60 seperate ip addresses to the list, all of them different. Is there a way to add them in in bulk? Rob...more >>

My goal is to get outlook web acces working, wihout SSL errors. It know says my ssl certificate is not from a trusted publisher. When I choose install certificate , the message appears again the next time. How can I get my server on the trusted publishers list of my windows XP workstation. wha...more >>

How do I do this? I have many mail servers that use SSL. web server names and the SSL names are as follows:-- webmail1.domain.com webmail2.domain.com webmail3.domain.com webmail4.domain.com webmail5.domain.com I want users to simply use httpS://webmail.hbk.com which will redirect to ...more >>

We recently upgraded our server to Win 2003 - from nt4. We created a SSL Certificate backup key according to this instructions: HOW TO: Import and Export an IIS 4.0 Certificate by Using Key Manager http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324904#2 My question is: can I impor...more >>

I am using basic authentication using an embedded web server (not IIS) and noticed a problem (bug?) with microsoft IE 6.0. Here are the steps I did: 1) when the authentication window pops up, log in using user name and password. 2) Let the session expire (Using my code in the web server...more >>

I currently host a webserver runing IIS5.5 with an SSL 56bit cert installed. I am thinking about upgrading to an SGC cert from thwate. As this can support up to 256bits, I am wondering if there will be any speed issues when accessing the site? Cheers! Alex...more >>

Hi, Please enlighten why IIS Server ( running on a domain in Win2003 ) allow the IE 6.0 client to login with just username and password only, without keyin the domain name before the username in the login prompt ? Is it a security problem in IIS Server in Windows authentication mode ? ANy...more >>

We have an internal corporate VB6 web application that uses MSGraph to generate graphs. It works fine under W2k server, but not on W2003/SP1 - I get the error in the subject line. (Only authenticated users may access the site.) The application is running in its own application pool using th...more >>

What I need: I need to generate a couple SSL certificates just for my Intranet, I do not need any out side CA's What is, and How is, the best way for me to do this?...more >>

A Windows 2000 server is being subjected to a continuous stream of FTP login attempts. Essentially this was causeing a denial of service until I set the Event Log to overwrite once full. Is there any way to limit the login attempts? None of the attempts are successful. These attacks come f...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to implement user authentication via certificates for a website. In ISS I selected properties for the website -> Directory Security -> Secure Communications Area (Edit) -> Checked Accept Client Certificates. Going to the website (using https) a dialog box is brough up a...more >>

Hello, I am using classic ASP with IIS5 on win2000. If Integrated authentication is inabled is there a way to logout a user once they are authenticated? In other words if the user who is logged on to machine is not the same person accessing the site and they want to relogin as themselves, how...more >>

Hi All, I have a website setup which has MS-Access DB. The web pages are in ASP and uses ADO to connect to DB. The DB is located in the Folder "/Database". I have the Connection string setup in the Global.asa file. As my virtual Directory is "/" and all files and folders including the "D...more >>

Hello. Is there a way to create a report of all pages on a web site that are set to use SSL encryption? Thanks Doug If replying to me directly, remove REMOVE from my email address. ...more >>