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Security Alert - Vulnerability in Internet Information Services Could Allow Elevation of Privilege
Two days ago, a new vulnerability was found in WebDav for IIS, although few have make a big deal out of it, personally I think the impact is 'quite' minimum or at least zero in my environment coz I got no WebDav at all :) LOL... anyway - here...
Posted Wed, May 20 2009 by qbernard | with no comments
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IIS FTP and IE 7 (No user folder redirection)
Remember about this blog I posted last year... and many users still complaining about the new IE 7 behavior changes when connecting to IIS FTP. It is confirmed now - as per this latest KB , this is new design changed in IE 7 :) and you are recommended...
Posted Mon, Oct 8 2007 by qbernard | 2 comment(s)
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Website Property page mapping between IIS 6 and IIS 7.
Ever wonder where to configure HTTP KEEP-ALIVE in IIS 7.0, or where to configure detail error message to be sent from ASP scripting engine. When I started to learn about the new IIS 7.0 IIS Manager, I always get frustrated coz it is quite different from...
Posted Sun, Aug 12 2007 by qbernard | 2 comment(s)
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Bug: Application Creation via AppCmd.exe
I was trying to find the syntax in AppCmd.exe to convert an existing virtual directory say - myVdir to be an application. Obviously, the first step is to create the virtual directory. (I know I can do both with appcmd add app bla bla and create the associated...
Posted Sun, Jul 15 2007 by qbernard | 2 comment(s)
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How to configure HTTP KEEP-ALIVE in IIS 7 ?
Oh man, it actually took me 30mins to figure out where to configure this in IIS 7.0. Again, you will take sometimes for you to get familiar with the new IIS Manager UI in IIS 7 :) Now HTTP Keep-Alive is inside http spec to maintain open connections between...
Posted Tue, Jul 10 2007 by qbernard | 1 comment(s)
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How to configure Scripts Only or Scripts and Executable in IIS 7?
In previous versions of IIS, you can always specify IIS application execute permissions to None (read), Scripts only (scripting engine, and Scripts and Executable (executable dll, exe, etc files). This can be set at each of the site, directory, virtual...
Posted Tue, Jul 10 2007 by qbernard | with no comments
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Why you need Vista Business / Ultimate for IIS 7?
I talked about Vista SKUs and IIS 7 before :) yet it wasn't that clear as of why you might want to pick up Vista Business or Ultimate to experience the full IIS 7. Yes, we do have IIS 7 features matrix over at IIS.net, yet I think that's a bit...
Posted Tue, Apr 3 2007 by qbernard | 1 comment(s)
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Vista - IIS 7 - The Missing UI
No doubt IIS 7 is the next evolution of Microsoft webserver, it will soon rewrites the history of Internet webserver, and not sure how this chart will look in recent future :) As of today, to experience IIS 7, you can of course get Vista for client OS...
Posted Sat, Jan 20 2007 by qbernard | with no comments
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How to prevent IIS FTP from attacks?
From time to time, many users asked about how to configure IIS FTP to prevent brute force or dictionary attacks . The answer is NO, IIS FTP does not help you prevent this natively. If there's only few known attack IP addresses (check iis ftp log file...
Posted Thu, Jan 11 2007 by qbernard | with no comments
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What's Changed - IIS 7 Status Codes
Besides the standard IIS Status code you can find in this KB. You will find the follow new status codes been introduce with IIS 7. New - 404.4 - File or directory not found: No module handler is registered to handle the request. 404.5 - URL sequence denied...
Posted Tue, Dec 19 2006 by qbernard | with no comments
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Patching issue with MS06-034 - ASP Vulnerability
If you are having issue while apply MS06-034 patch (e.g. repeated AU update offers) , refer this KB for workaround solution. In short, you need to add/remove 'Common Files' IIS component in the Add/Remove Windows Components applet. For W2k3SP1, just resinstall...
Posted Wed, Jul 19 2006 by qbernard | with no comments
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Recent IIS 5.1 Remote Exploit
By now, you should have read many blog postings or security advisory from various bodies that discussed about the new .dll exploit discovered by Inge Heriksen . Fairly new guy in IIS domain (afaik), an expert of coz. I came to noticed Inge few months...
Posted Tue, Dec 20 2005 by bernard | 1 comment(s)
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SSL WildCard with IIS 5.0, Single IP and multiples sites
Possible ? Yes, yes and YES.... I mean in a 'cheating' way... I got this query recently - ---- Hi, Is possible use a WildCard with *.mydomain.com to host differents customers web sites with single IP and IIS 5.0 ? Example: http://www.customer1.com - only...
Posted Tue, Sep 13 2005 by bernard | with no comments
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You receive "The requested resource is in use." error message when browsing ASP pages
From time to time, you will get this error msgs when browsing ASP pages on both IIS 5 and IIS 6. In IIS 5, you might be able to fix it with this kb Cache ISAPI Application Option Causes ASP to Return Error . However, I have seen many times that this KB...
Posted Tue, May 24 2005 by bernard | 21 comment(s)
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What's NOT in IIS 6.0 Migration Tool?
Last week I came across this article - 21 Things IIS 6.0 Migration Tool Doesn't Do , a pretty comprehensive article illustrating things that you can't do with the migration tool. If I might add a few more points: - The migration tool doesn't take care...
Posted Mon, May 16 2005 by bernard | with no comments
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Recycling App Pool remotely?
Is it possible? Yes, and Chris Adam got a solution for you in this month IIS Insider .
Posted Tue, May 10 2005 by bernard | with no comments
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Configuring 'website operator' in IIS 6.0
Important note: This is not supported by Microsoft, do this at your own risk. Tool: Metabase Explorer from IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Step 1: User Account Management a) Create special user group for non local admin users. E.g. WebOperator b) Place the desire...
Posted Sun, May 8 2005 by bernard | 22 comment(s)
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Wildcard host header ?
Does IIS support wildcard host header ? Can I capture and redirect *.mydomain.com to one web site ? The answer is Yes/No. Yes, because you are able to redirect *.mydomain.com to one web site. No, because the magic is in DNS and not IIS. Here's how you...
Posted Tue, Mar 22 2005 by bernard | 14 comment(s)
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The famous 'Class not registered'
Typically, you will encounter this error with XP Pro IIS 5.1. As usual, there's way to solve it, however the root cause of this is still unknown :) Anyway, you will get this in event log: Event Type: Warning Event Source: W3SVC Event Category: None Event...
Posted Tue, Mar 22 2005 by bernard | 67 comment(s)
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IIS Quick Quiz
I was catching up newsgroups posting as well as reading my RSS feeds, and I found this “ Geez...can I get some training on IIS or what? “ A quiz from IIS team directly :) after reading through, I myself wasn't sure whether I can answer all...
Posted Tue, Feb 1 2005 by bernard | 2 comment(s)
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