It is important that you ensure that your server has the correct settings, as this affects both functionality and security. Through myMamut you have access to the most basic settings, however, through the IIS Manager for Remote Administration, which is only recommended for the most advanced users, you are able to access all of the available settings.
Once you have updated the Settings, click Save.
The authentication affect the security settings of your entire website. To protect a single folder, you need to use the IIS Manager for Remote Administration. You are able to enable or disable the following options:
Anonymous access: By enabling the anonymous access, users are able to visit your website without logging in. Therefore, your site is publicly available.
Basic authentication: By enabling the basic authentication, users need a username and a password in order to access the site. The basic authentication is the most popular authentication model because it uses a basic encryption in order to increase security.
Windows authentication: By enabling the Windows authentication, users need a username and a password in order to access the site. The administrator is responsible for creating the usernames and the passwords through the User Administration screen. This type of authentication is more secure than the basic one, but it does not work over HTTP Proxy servers.
If this setting is enabled, it will allow any visitor of your website to see the full content structure of your website. All files will be listed and it could seriously affect the integrity of your website. For security reasons, this setting is not recommended, as it applies for all the folders in your server. However, it is common to enable this setting for some folders where listing files is the main intention. To protect a single folder, you need to use the IIS Manager for Remote Administration.
When enabling this setting, a list of all content in the folder will be shown. You can also select whether to show more detailed information. All items will be presented as hyperlinks.
Show date: By selecting this check box the date when the file/folder was last changed will be displayed. It is displayed using the following format: MM/DD/YYYY.
Use long date format: If you have selected the Show date check box, this setting allows you to display the date using the following format instead: day, month, year, as in Wednesday, September 22, 2011.
Show time: By selecting this check box the time when the file/folder was last changed will be displayed. It is displayed in a 12 hour format followed by AM/PM.
Show size: By selecting this check box the size of all files in bytes will be displayed. For directories, instead of the size, <dir> will be displayed.
Show extension: By selecting this check box the extension of all files will be shown.
A default document is the document the server will interpret as the start page of your website. Under default documents you are able to define the priority of the documents that will be used as default when a specific file is not specified in a URL. In practice, this allows a visitor to type www.domain.com, instead of having to specify the full file path, which might be www.domain.com/index.htm. The most common default documents are default.htm, default.html, default.asp, default.aspx and index.htm, index.html, index.asp, index.aspx.
Note that the selection you establish here will apply to all of the folders in your website; in order to apply different settings for each folder, you need to use the IIS Manager for Remote Administration. An error message (404 - File not found) will be displayed when no file on the default list matches a file in the folder.
Use the Up and Down buttons to define the priority. You are also able to delete an unwanted file type, and in case you wish to add a new type, you are able to do so in the corresponding field.
Example: Default
document index.htm for www.domain.com:
In case you select index.htm as your top priority in the default document
list, index.htm will be loaded as your start page when the user types
in www.domain.com. You are able to have other documents in your priority
list, but as long as your top priority is available it will be the one
displayed.
Through Services you are able to define whether your site is going to be accessible using the FTP or WebDAV services. Note that by changing the FTP and WebDAV settings through this screen will overwrite the individual FTP and WebDAV settings applied to each user. You are able to reapply individual settings through the User Administration screen.
FTP: FTP is a simple network protocol that allows you to upload and download files and folders from your local computer to the server, or vice versa. When creating a website, you need to use an FTP connection in order to put all files and folders on the server. It is common to provide access to specific folders, for example to customers or partners, so you are able to share material.
WebDAV: WebDAV is an extension of the HTTP protocol that allows file collaboration on a remote web server. In addition to managing and editing files, WebDAV allows you to lock documents while you edit them. This prevents conflicts and multiple editors from working on the same document. You are also able to check document details, such as author, creation date, edition date etc.
Tip! If you
are located within a very rigid company network, you might be having problems
connecting through FTP. WebDAV can be used instead, since it operates
over HTTP/Port 80, which is how the Internet is normally browsed.
Program settings
If you are using ASP.NET, you are required to configure your account to interpret your code correctly.
ASP.NET version: Set the corresponding version number of your code through this drop-down list.
Pipeline mode: The pipeline mode affects how an ASP.NET application operates within the application pool. It does not affect the operation of the code. The classic mode is backward compatible with earlier versions of IIS and it uses the ISAPI extension to invoke the ASP.NET runtime. The integrated mode combines ASP.NET and IIS request pipelines for improved performance and functionality.
An application pool could be defined as a work space where code is executed with dedicated memory in an isolated environment. By default the application pool is recycled approximately every 29 hours. This process prevents the site from having memory issues due to memory leakage, cached data etc. The application pool recycling function allows you to manually stop the application pool, clean it out and restart it. When you edit an application, you are also preventing it from using cache data.
Note! While
using this functionality, your website will not be available.
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Windows Web Server Administration
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