Re: IIS, DNS and companyweb

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From: Bradley Dinerman [MVP - Windows Networking] (NewsPost_at_DoNotSpam.neisg.org.DoNotSpam)
Date: 11/09/04 

Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 17:59:51 -0500

It's correct only if you want those IP addresses to be the only one to
access the system.

Try granting access to all computers to see if that fixes the problem.
If so, you can either leave it that way or restrict access to the needed
subset of addresses.

Let us know if it works...

-Brad

______________________________________
Bradley J. Dinerman, MVP - Windows Server Systems
Chair, New England Information Security Group
http://www.neisg.org

Rick wrote:
> Thanks Bradley. Default Web security denies access to everyone except:
> 192.168.16.2 and 127.0.0.1. Is this correct?
>
> "Bradley Dinerman [MVP - Windows Networking]"
> <NewsPost@DoNotSpam.neisg.org.DoNotSpam> wrote in message
> news:uFlYejqxEHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>
>>Is your Default Web site restricting access by IP address at all? View
>>its Properties | Security to determine.
>>
>>-Brad
>>
>>
>>______________________________________
>>Bradley J. Dinerman, MVP - Windows Server Systems
>>Chair, New England Information Security Group
>>http://www.neisg.org
>>
>>Rick wrote:
>>
>>>Yesterday I tried to create a new virtual web site in IIS and somehow
>>>managed to do something to companyweb so that we can't access it from
>>>within or without. Up till then everything worked great. Getting a ...
>>>Cannot find server or DNS Error
>>>Internet Explorer
>>>I can't ping companyweb or do a nslookup on it. The virtual site is
>>>running, ISA is handling 443 and 444, the router is port forwarding them,
>>>all "looks" OK. I reran CEICW and changed the firewall and re-booted the
>>>server.
>>>
>>>In my DNS FLZ 'companyweb' is an Alias( CNAME ) pointing to the internal
>>>IP (192.168.16.2.) ( the final 2 of the IP has a dot behind it - I am
>>>guessing this is convention?). 'publishing', 'smhserver' and [same as
>>>parent folder] point to 192.168.16.2 as Host (A) records.
>>>
>>>Thank you for your assistance. Any ideas would be appreciated. Following
>>>is an ipconfig /all:
>>>
>>>Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
>>>(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.
>>>
>>>C:\Documents and Settings\remoteadmin>ipconfig /all
>>>
>>>Windows IP Configuration
>>>
>>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : smhserver
>>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : SMH.local
>>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
>>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
>>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
>>> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : SMH.local
>>>
>>>Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:
>>>
>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network
>>>Connection
>>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-C0-9F-38-05-14
>>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>>> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
>>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
>>> Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
>>>
>>>Ethernet adapter Network Connection:
>>>
>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 S Server Adapter
>>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-B3-EE-CF-BE
>>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>>> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.2
>>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.1
>>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
>>> Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
>>> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>>>
>>>C:\Documents and Settings\remoteadmin>
>
>
>

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