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I have an ASP.Net application that is using windows authentication and users has to enter their userid/password every time they access the application when using a new browser window, even after check...
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I have a server 2012 Standard with IIS hosting a third party application. The app has a pretty convoluted configuration that their own people don't fully understand, but this issue seems more like a...
View Articleiis7.5 cannot download a file
Hi, I have a problem on downloading a file from my web server using iis7.5, it returned with 403, "Access is denied."The failed request tracing gave me the following two error...
View ArticleWhy is powershell taking over my whole PC?
I bought a used computer and the guy gave me OEM disks from Gateway with it. It is a genuine windows product with genuine windows 7 home premium. The disks are not like other Windows disks that I have...
View ArticleSecurity Service role
HI;i'm tying to set a webserver facing the public internet using IIS7 on windows 2008 server. have some concerns regarding the security of my web server. i've read on the internet that most common...
View ArticleServer not authenticating social network APIs
I am trying to access Twitter and LinkedIn APIs, however I keep getting the error "401 Unauthorised".I am pretty sure that the problem is due to something wrong in my IIS setup, as it was working when...
View Articlehow to get my site with https without warning message.
I wanted to use https instead of http.i have own IIS (web hosting). so, i created myself self-signed certificate in IIS.while createing it asks name, i gave my computer name. then in binding i added...
View ArticleIP Blocking (IIS 7.5)
Hi,Have IIS7.5 and are using the IP Address and Domain RestrictionsHave put in a range (Example: 41.74.78.0 (255.255.240.0)) as a range to block to stop unwanted visitors yet visitors from that IP...
View Article401.1 error in IISCertificateMappingAuthenticationModule
I receive a weird error while trying to configure client certificate authentication on a Win8.1 development machine (IIS 8.5). The error occurs in IISCertificateMappingAuthenticationModule with error...
View Articleauthentication eradicate on virtual directory
I have a public web site which contains a virtual directory for management. I have the web site set for anonymous authentication only and the virtual directory set for windows authenticaton only.The...
View Articleiis 7 and ip restriction
in iis7 there is option to block ip's using the feature of "ipv4 address and domain restrictions".i have server that recivers requests, but the requests go thorugh nginx server (proxy server).the ip...
View ArticleUse a COM-compatible .NET Assembly - Security problems...?
hii have that code:using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Net.Sockets; namespace jan.utils { public class HttpClient { private int mPort = 0; private String...
View ArticleIIS 7.5 authorization, authentication and IP restrictions combo
Hi all,I'm running IIS 7.5, migrating a site from apache along with all its config. We have a intranet section of the site, and in apache we currently allow access to these pages to anyone on our...
View ArticleIIS 7.5, SSL, Host Headers, and SharePoint
I have a single internal sharepoint server with the hostname corpnysp. I've created a DNS entry calledsharepoint that points to corpnysp. I added the host header to the SharePoint site in IIS and the...
View ArticleAllow file rename while it is being Uploaded, despite File Handling Settings.
Hi everyone.Problem description: Our propietary software is able to rename a file while it is being Uploaded by a user, despite "IIS File Handling Settings" that are all set to "False". This ends up...
View ArticleIIS 7.0 Splash/Welcome Screen Problem
I am trying to create a web application inside Default web site. After I create I map the physical drive to D:\XYZ where there is a simple html page. When I browse this site from IE 9 or from IIS...
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Single sign on over VPN
Dear readers,I have a question about an IIS setup I want to accomplish... I really hope someone can help me out here.I would like to host multiple intranet websites on my IIS server that are only...
View ArticleURLScan vs IIS 8 Request Filtering
With request filtering, is is prudent to still install URLScan?I use URL scan with IIS 7 to block certain user-agents, etc. Does Request Filtering have this capability?Also, for the blocks, is there a...
View ArticleSet file permission via command line
HiHow can I set folder/file permission via command line?Locally I'm using the 'cacls' command and need now to set similar folder permission on remote iis 7Any hint's appreciatedP.S. Unfortunately the...
View Article401.1 when accessing web app from remote machine or using anything but...
Here's the scenerio. I have a 2012 Server Standard R2 server (IIS 8.5) I've deployed as a web server. I've deployed an app I wrote in Visual Studio 2013 that requires windows authentication. It...
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