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Windows 2003 that is the front end for a database on a separate computer that requires user logon to access the data. I also want to use SSL to encrypt the return of the data from the browser to the anonymous user. It seems that I must turn on sub-authentication to authenticate the anonymous user on the website in order to continue beyond logging into the database. Is this true? The problem with sub-authentication seems to be that the anonymous user has to run under the local system account which could be a security hole. Is there a way around this?
Anonymous authentication works without sub-authentication.
http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2006/07/01/IIS-Security-Templates-and-Anonymous-Authentication.aspx You just need to make sure that you set the correct password for the configured anonymous user account so that IIS can login with it using a normal, unprivileged account. If you do not set the correct password in IIS configuration, then you will need to run IIS as LocalSystem to use sub-authentication so that IIS can login the anonymous user account without knowing the password. //David http://w3-4u.blogspot.com http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang // [quoted text, click to view] On Mar 14, 3:22 pm, "WhoKnows" <parkhens...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I want to use Anonymous authentication to a website served by IIS 6.0 and > Windows 2003 that is the front end for a database on a separate computer > that requires user logon to access the data. I also want to use SSL to > encrypt the return of the data from the browser to the anonymous user. It > seems that I must turn on sub-authentication to authenticate the anonymous > user on the website in order to continue beyond logging into the database. > Is this true? The problem with sub-authentication seems to be that the > anonymous user has to run under the local system account which could be a > security hole. Is there a way around this?
The anonymous user's password is randomly generated on every machine.
You will need to manually first set it to a known value within Local Users and Groups (Right click on user name and select "Set Password..."), then use a script like the following to synchronize the value in IIS to match this known value. http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2005/12/07/HOWTO-Synchronize-User-Credentials-in-IIS.aspx //David http://w3-4u.blogspot.com http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang // [quoted text, click to view] On Mar 15, 8:11 am, "WhoKnows" <parkhens...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks, > > That's good because I did not want to have my users running under local > system. But I do not see how to make sure that the correct password is used > in both Windows 2003 and IIS. In Local Users and Groups, I just see the > Internet Guest Account and no password box to change it and don't know what > it is so that I can then enter that into IIS. I guess the question really is > what is the Internet Guest Account password and can I change it and how? > > Thanks > > "David Wang" <w3.4...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1173942878.906225.315480@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > > > > > Anonymous authentication works without sub-authentication. > > >http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2006/07/01/IIS-Security-Temp... > > > You just need to make sure that you set the correct password for the > > configured anonymous user account so that IIS can login with it using > > a normal, unprivileged account. If you do not set the correct password > > in IIS configuration, then you will need to run IIS as LocalSystem to > > use sub-authentication so that IIS can login the anonymous user > > account without knowing the password. > > > //David > >http://w3-4u.blogspot.com > >http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang > > // > > > On Mar 14, 3:22 pm, "WhoKnows" <parkhens...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I want to use Anonymous authentication to a website served by IIS 6.0 and > >> Windows 2003 that is the front end for a database on a separate computer > >> that requires user logon to access the data. I also want to use SSL to > >> encrypt the return of the data from the browser to the anonymous user. It > >> seems that I must turn on sub-authentication to authenticate the > >> anonymous > >> user on the website in order to continue beyond logging into the > >> database. > >> Is this true? The problem with sub-authentication seems to be that the > >> anonymous user has to run under the local system account which could be a > >> security hole. Is there a way around this?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
Thanks,
That's good because I did not want to have my users running under local system. But I do not see how to make sure that the correct password is used in both Windows 2003 and IIS. In Local Users and Groups, I just see the Internet Guest Account and no password box to change it and don't know what it is so that I can then enter that into IIS. I guess the question really is what is the Internet Guest Account password and can I change it and how? Thanks [quoted text, click to view] "David Wang" <w3.4you@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1173942878.906225.315480@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > Anonymous authentication works without sub-authentication. > > http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2006/07/01/IIS-Security-Templates-and-Anonymous-Authentication.aspx > > You just need to make sure that you set the correct password for the > configured anonymous user account so that IIS can login with it using > a normal, unprivileged account. If you do not set the correct password > in IIS configuration, then you will need to run IIS as LocalSystem to > use sub-authentication so that IIS can login the anonymous user > account without knowing the password. > > > //David > http://w3-4u.blogspot.com > http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang > // > > > > > On Mar 14, 3:22 pm, "WhoKnows" <parkhens...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> I want to use Anonymous authentication to a website served by IIS 6.0 and >> Windows 2003 that is the front end for a database on a separate computer >> that requires user logon to access the data. I also want to use SSL to >> encrypt the return of the data from the browser to the anonymous user. It >> seems that I must turn on sub-authentication to authenticate the >> anonymous >> user on the website in order to continue beyond logging into the >> database. >> Is this true? The problem with sub-authentication seems to be that the >> anonymous user has to run under the local system account which could be a >> security hole. Is there a way around this? >
Thanks very much. Great solution.
[quoted text, click to view] "David Wang" <w3.4you@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1173976195.300917.15840@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... > The anonymous user's password is randomly generated on every machine. > You will need to manually first set it to a known value within Local > Users and Groups (Right click on user name and select "Set > Password..."), then use a script like the following to synchronize the > value in IIS to match this known value. > > http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2005/12/07/HOWTO-Synchronize-User-Credentials-in-IIS.aspx > > > //David > http://w3-4u.blogspot.com > http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang > // > > > > On Mar 15, 8:11 am, "WhoKnows" <parkhens...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Thanks, >> >> That's good because I did not want to have my users running under local >> system. But I do not see how to make sure that the correct password is >> used >> in both Windows 2003 and IIS. In Local Users and Groups, I just see the >> Internet Guest Account and no password box to change it and don't know >> what >> it is so that I can then enter that into IIS. I guess the question really >> is >> what is the Internet Guest Account password and can I change it and how? >> >> Thanks >> >> "David Wang" <w3.4...@gmail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:1173942878.906225.315480@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> > Anonymous authentication works without sub-authentication. >> >> >http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2006/07/01/IIS-Security-Temp... >> >> > You just need to make sure that you set the correct password for the >> > configured anonymous user account so that IIS can login with it using >> > a normal, unprivileged account. If you do not set the correct password >> > in IIS configuration, then you will need to run IIS as LocalSystem to >> > use sub-authentication so that IIS can login the anonymous user >> > account without knowing the password. >> >> > //David >> >http://w3-4u.blogspot.com >> >http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang >> > // >> >> > On Mar 14, 3:22 pm, "WhoKnows" <parkhens...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> I want to use Anonymous authentication to a website served by IIS 6.0 >> >> and >> >> Windows 2003 that is the front end for a database on a separate >> >> computer >> >> that requires user logon to access the data. I also want to use SSL to >> >> encrypt the return of the data from the browser to the anonymous user. >> >> It >> >> seems that I must turn on sub-authentication to authenticate the >> >> anonymous >> >> user on the website in order to continue beyond logging into the >> >> database. >> >> Is this true? The problem with sub-authentication seems to be that the >> >> anonymous user has to run under the local system account which could >> >> be a >> >> security hole. Is there a way around this?- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - >
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