[thelist] password for local server

At 11:20 AM -0500 3/21/00, Micah Freedman wrote:
>I know I asked this once before, but I can't find the answer in the archive
>(I even tried looking for all of my posts--it would be cool to be able to
>list them all, and probably the most effective search tool).
>
>Anyway, I'm using IIS on my machine (win2K--I'm brave) just for local
>verification and when I go into the site (http://localhost/) using netscape
>it prompts me for a username/password. I tried entering an administrator
>combo and it wouldn't let me in. I tried going into control panels >
>internet services manager and changing the setting for Default Web Site >
>Directory Security to Allow Annonymous Access. I also tried adding ownership
>permissions to the Internet Guest Account for my local wwwroot folder. What
>am I doing wrong!?

I like it when I can answer a question!

Your IIS is probably configured for NT-Challenge/Response, if I 
remember correctly. That only works with IE. You need to change it to 
... Basic Authentication. (found an IIS machine here at the office, 
otherwise I really would have been guessing). Allow Anonymous is just 
what lets people view the site w/o a password at all (ie, regular web 
page).

>Also, is there a way to block access from all domains except the local one?
>Is there a reason to do this? Do I need worry about this or other security
>issues if I don't really plan to have anyone browsing my machine.

Is this for yourself for testing, or are you serving to the web?

>Hmm... looks like I need a primer on IIS. Can anyone reccommend a good one?

I learned by guessing, so I can't help there. There weren't any good 
doc books at the previous job where I was using IIS, so I just did 
trial and error.

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