WEB SECURITY ADVISOR
Five easy ways to lock down IIS 6.0
Mike Chapple, CISSP
09.29.2004
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Web services are one of the most vulnerable points in any network. Chances are that you have the highly popular Web server, Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS), running in your environment. While the latest IIS 6.0 release tightens security, it's not a security panacea. There are five simple actions you can take with version 6.0 to make your server more secure.
While this isn't a complete list of the actions you should perform, these five simple measures can immediately improve the security posture of your IIS server. For more
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About the author
Mike Chapple, CISSP, currently serves as Chief Information Officer of the Brand Institute, a Miami-based marketing consultancy. He previously worked as an information security researcher for the U.S. National Security Agency. His publishing credits include the TICSA Training Guide from Que Publishing, the CISSP Study Guide from Sybex and the upcoming SANS GSEC Prep Guide from John Wiley. He's also the author of the About.com Guide to Databases.
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