Nov 14, 2006
IIS SubAuthentication - Magic? You bet it is... For many years, IIS administrators didn't have the first clue what the IIS sub-authenticator was more less how it worked. It wasn't until the security PM ( http://iisgeek.no-ip.com/ ) sat down and really...
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Filed under: IIS News Item Authentication IIS6 SubAuth
Nov 14, 2006
I recently received from a IIS administrator a message which posed a very good question. He asked, I develop a ASP.Net application that I “zip” into a single .msi to deploy to a web application server. I have 2 websites defined, each using a unique host...
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Filed under: MSI Deployments IIS6
Nov 14, 2006
We recently got a pretty typical question around ASP.NET’s 2.0 release and its influence on IIS installations using ASP.NET 1.1. The first thing you will notice when you have a failure that is caused by mismatches… The question is: In testing ASP.NET...
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Filed under: ASP.NET MultiVersion IIS6
Nov 14, 2006
A question was asked — Why does Microsoft still force customers to install as the webroot to the system partition (i.e. C:\inetpub) when all security-related documentation advises to not do this? I casually grinned, then openly smiled and said…”just because...
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Filed under: iis unattended webroot inetpub
Nov 14, 2006
It was my desire to write a blog at 35,000 feet once I determined that internet was available on my flight from Seattle to Copenhagen last Saturday. It didn’t work out as it seems that we had too much “demand” for the internet and my connection was absolutely...
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Nov 14, 2006
On Thursday, July 14th, 2005 I admittingly hurried together a presentation termed “IIS 6.0 Tracing: Inside and Out.” However, I had everything put together just right to hit a home run in this webcast until “production” came about. No one out there ever...
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Nov 14, 2006
They say that you can’t teach “old” dogs new tricks but that certainly is the oldest myth in the business. There are individuals out there that has been breathing IIS inside and out longer than I, but there aren’t many. You can’t deny the simple fact...
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Nov 14, 2006
The field (Julian) dropped a best practice off that was directly from a customer. This is often the types of questions we get from customers and I kinda liked Julian's response...If there is no clear answer, shower them with options - right? We have a...
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