A Former Microsoft IIS PM : IIS6

The sparkle of IISSuba...(oh, that is the IIS Sub Authenticator for those that don't know it)

chrisad — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:42:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Deploying applications via MSI to IIS Servers

chrisad — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:35:00 GMT

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...(read more)

ASP.NET 2.0, 1.1 Sharing Environments: Careful with your web.configs

chrisad — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:30:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Trace Diagnostics Known Bugs & How to Fix 'Em

chrisad — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:04:00 GMT

Introduction We can't be perfect, but we sure can try. Jaro made a design decision when making Trace Diagnostics' Request Viewer that has caused some folks issues that we have gotten mail on. It was a honest mistake that Jaro or I ever took into consideration...(read more)