Book description
This pocket-sized guide delivers immediate answers for the day-to-day administration of Web servers running Microsoft® IIS 6.0. Zero in on core IIS support procedures and everyday tasks using quick-reference tables, step-by-step instructions, and lists.
Table of contents
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Microsoft® IIS 6.0: Administrator’s Pocket Consultant
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- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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I. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Administration Fundamentals
- 1. Overview of Microsoft Web Services
- 2. Core IIS Administration
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II. Web Server Administration
- 3. Configuring Web Sites and Servers
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4. Customizing Web Server Content
- Configuring Web Service Extensions
- Managing Web Content
- Redirecting Browser Requests
- Customizing Web Site Content and HTTP Headers
- Customizing Web Server Error Messages
- Using MIME and Configuring Custom File Types
- Additional Customization Tips
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5. Running IIS Applications
- Essentials for Working with IIS Applications
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Managing Custom IIS Applications
- Creating Applications
- Configuring Application Mappings and Caching
- Managing Session State
- Controlling Application Buffering
- Setting Parent Paths, Default ASP Language, and ASP Script Time-Out
- Enabling and Disabling Application Debugging
- Configuring Application Error Messages
- Unloading IIS 5 Isolated Applications
- Deleting IIS Applications
- Managing Custom ISAPI Filters
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6. Managing ASP.NET, Application Pools, and Worker Processes
- Managing ASP.NET
- Working with Application Pools
- Configuring Multiple Worker Processes for Application Pools
- Configuring Worker Process Recycling
- Maintaining Application Health and Performance
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7. Managing Web Server Security
- Managing Windows Security
- Managing IIS Security
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More Tips for Enhancing Web Server Security
- Using Firewalls
- Renaming the Administrator Account
- Disabling the Default Web Site
- Disabling Remote Administration from the Web
- Disabling Directory Browsing
- Creating Legal Notices
- Applying Service Packs, Hot Fixes, and Templates
- Checking for Malicious Input in Forms and Query Strings
- Removing Unused Application Mappings
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8. Managing Microsoft Certificate Services and SSL
- Understanding SSL
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Working with Microsoft Certificate Services
- Understanding Certificate Services
- Installing Certificate Services
- Accessing Certificate Services in a Browser
- Starting and Stopping Certificate Services
- Backing Up and Restoring the CA
- Configuring Certificate Request Processing
- Approving and Declining Pending Certificate Requests
- Generating Certificates Manually in the Certification Authority Snap-In
- Revoking Certificates
- Reviewing and Renewing the Root CA Certificate
- Creating and Installing Certificates
- Working with SSL
- Managing Site Certificates in the IIS Snap-In
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III. Essential Services Administration
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9. Managing FTP Servers
- Understanding FTP
- Managing Global FTP Service Properties
- Creating FTP Sites
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Managing FTP Sites
- Configuring an FTP Site’s Home Directory
- Configuring Ports and IP Addresses Used by FTP Sites
- Restricting Incoming Connections and Setting Time-Out Values
- Creating Physical Directories for FTP Sites
- Creating Virtual Directories for FTP Sites
- Redirecting Requests to a Network Share
- Setting the Directory Listing Style
- Setting Banner, Welcome, Exit, and Maximum Connections Messages
- Managing FTP User Sessions
- Managing FTP Server Security
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10. Configuring and Maintaining E-Mail Services
- Using Mail Services
- Starting, Stopping, and Pausing E-Mail Services
- Core SMTP Administration
- Configuring SMTP Service Domains
- Core POP3 Administration
- 11. Advanced E-Mail Service Configuration Options
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12. Administering the Indexing Service
- Getting Started with the Indexing Service
- Core Indexing Service Administration
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Managing Catalogs
- Viewing Catalog Properties and Directories Being Indexed
- Adding Physical Directories to a Catalog
- Forcing Full and Incremental Directory Rescans
- Starting, Stopping, and Pausing Individual Catalogs
- Merging Catalogs
- Specifying Web or NNTP Sites to Include in Catalogs
- Testing Catalogs with Queries
- Finding and Resolving Catalog Problems
- Limiting or Preventing File and Directory Indexing
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9. Managing FTP Servers
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IV. Performance, Optimization, and Maintenance
- 13. Performance Tuning and Monitoring
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14. Tracking User Access and Logging
- Tracking Statistics: The Big Picture
- Understanding Logging
- Configuring Logging for HTTP, SMTP, and FTP
- 15. IIS Optimization and the Metabase
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16. IIS Backup & Recovery
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Backing Up the IIS Configuration
- Understanding IIS Configuration Backups
- Understanding IIS Metabase History
- Creating IIS Configuration Backups
- Restoring IIS Server Configurations
- Rebuilding Corrupted IIS Installations
- Restoring Site Configurations
- Restoring Virtual Directory Configurations
- Restoring Application Pool Configurations
- Deleting Server Backup Configurations
- Backing Up and Recovering Server Files
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Backing Up the IIS Configuration
- About the Author
- Index
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Product information
- Title: Microsoft® IIS 6.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2003
- Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
- ISBN: 9780735615601
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