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Old 06-23-2007   #8 (permalink)
Ross M. Greenberg


 
 

Re: IIS issue I finally resolved!


> My pointer would be to learn how to harden IIS7, Vista including its
> registry, file system, user accounts and the Web applications to attack,
> facing the Internet. Otherwise, the machine is just hack bait.
>
> Do you even know what a CSS attack and many other forms of attacks and
> hacks are about?


Thanks for the pointer, and yes, I have pretty good idea what these attacks
and hacks are all about. Fortunately, I'll be running in the Vista Web
server on a spare machine.
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...ck&btnG=Search
>
> Just like I would not put a Web solution out facing the Internet using XP
> pro, I wouldn't do it with a workstation version of Vista either.
>
> You need to be coming with Win 2k3 server a Web solution server O/S that's
> harden, along with IIS and Web solutions that are harden.
>
>


I'm not familiar enough with IIS to know where it's soft and where to harden
it. I I'm just trying to figure out how to expose my IIS7 server to the
outside world/Internet.

Thanks!

Ross



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