Re: Newbie to IIS 6

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From: Frankster (Frank_at_REMOVEALLCAPSitcreek.com)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 06:26:46 -0600

Thank you David! I knew reports I read in this news group about how "It's
all built in now" was probably too good to be true!

Can I use the same version/config of URL scan that I was using with IIS5.1?

Thanks!

"David Boyer" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:%23P8gv6JkEHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> IIS 6.0 provides some of the same functionality as URLScan and the IIS
> Lockdown tool. IIS 6 already automatically disallows any application
> extension that isn't explicitly granted, the IUSR account is heavily
> restricted, etc. However, I still us URLScan for things like restricting
> extensions, restricting http verbs, rejecting URLs with certain
> characters, and for masking the server signature.
>
> "Frank" <FrankREMOVEALLCAPS@itcreek.com> wrote in message
> news:FtGdnetm2ohVgKvcRVn-vA@giganews.com...
>>I want to prevent recursion of directories for one thing (i.e ..\..\..\)
>>and other malicious hacking attempts using SEARCH and other key verbs. As
>>I said, like URL scan used to do. Also disallow execution of files like
>>.bat .cmd, etc.
>>
>> -Frank
>>
>> "doug" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:087001c49022$9ada92c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>> If you tell us exactly what you want to do, we can
>>> probably help.
>>>
>>> doug
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>I have just upgraded my W2K/IIS5.1 setup to W2K3/IIS6.
>>> Using host headers
>>>>for a couple of websites on one IP. No probs. All is
>>> well.
>>>>
>>>>I have heard that IIS6 includes the "URL Scan"
>>> functionality that I was
>>>>using for my IIS5.1 setup. Where do I go to adjust the
>>> parameters?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>-Frank
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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