Re: Parent Paths and IIS 6.0

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From: Thomas A. Rowe (tarowe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/02/04 

Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 11:32:13 -0400

At least with my web host, websites are not stored on the OS boot drive of the server, so it is safe
to allow the use of Parent_Paths. 

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"Kevin Spencer" <kspencer@takempis.com> wrote in message
news:OSEOMmKSEHA.2408@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Unfortunately, allowing parent paths CAN lead to attacks on your web server,
> which is why it is disallowed by default. However, you can overcome this by
> putting your web server's directories on a different drive than the
> Operating System.
>
> -- 
> HTH,
> Kevin Spencer
> .Net Developer
> Microsoft MVP
> Big things are made up
> of lots of little things.
>
> "Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:OQSRytBSEHA.2772@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > You can re-enable. There is no setting in FP to control this.
> >
> > -- 
> > ==============================================
> > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
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> >
> > "Cathi Odtohan" <cathiodtohan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:h26vc.962$Jp.59017@ord-read.news.verio.net...
> > > We recently upgraded our WindowsNT 4.0 server with IIS 4.0 to
> WindowsServer
> > > 2003 with IIS 6.0.
> > > EndUsers are using FrontPage Server 2002 to generate web pages.
> > >
> > > One of the security features of IIS 6.0 is default disabling of Parent
> > > Paths. Unfortunately, when FrontPage 2002 generates *.asp pages using
> the
> > > Database Results Wizard, the #include statements always use relative
> parent
> > > paths. Is there a way to make FrontPage2002 use absolute paths? Is this
> > > problem resolved in FrontPage2003?
> > >
> > > Any advice is appreciated.
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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