Skip to Content
Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 Resource Kit
book

Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 Resource Kit

by The Microsoft IIS Team
September 2003
Intermediate to advanced
1264 pages
35h 56m
English
Microsoft Press
Content preview from Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 Resource Kit

Metabase Security

A default installation of IIS 6.0 ensures metabase security by setting strict access control entries (ACEs) on the metabase files and by encrypting sensitive data within the files. If you maintain this level of security, perform regular backups, use a strong administrator password, and limit the number of users who have administrative credentials, you are taking the proper precautions to protect your metabase files.

File-Level Security

As described in Table 11.4, IIS installs the metabase files with strict ACEs set to prevent anyone but administrators from viewing your configuration data. An access control list (ACL) is a container for ACEs.

Table 11.4. Metabase files, purpose, and permissions

File

Purpose

ACL

systemroot\System32\Inetsrv\ ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Resource Kit

Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Resource Kit

Olga M. Londer Mike Volordarsky Brett Hill, Bernard Cheah, Steve Schofield, Carlos Aguiar Mares, Kurt Meyer, and Microsoft IIS Team
Windows Server® 2008 Active Directory® Resource Kit

Windows Server® 2008 Active Directory® Resource Kit

Conan Kezema Stan Riemer Mike Mulcare, Byron Wright, and Microsoft Active Directory
Professional C# 5.0 and .NET 4.5.1

Professional C# 5.0 and .NET 4.5.1

Christian Nagel, Jay Glynn, Morgan Skinner

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0735614202Catalog PageErrata