Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 Resource Kit

Chapter 12. Managing a Secure IIS 6.0 Solution

Proper security safeguards on your Web server can reduce or eliminate various security threats from malicious users and from well-intentioned users who can accidentally gain access to restricted information or inadvertently alter important files. Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 provides the elements for a secure IIS solution, including a new approach to server configuration that emphasizes installing only the services that you know you will run on your server.

In This Chapter

• What's Changed

• Automatic Installation of Security Patches

• Authentication

• Access Control

• Encryption

• TCP/IP Port Filtering

• Secure Code

• MIME Types

• Additional Resources

Related Information

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