Installation and Planning Guide
Table of Contents

About the Installation and Planning Guide
About Online Help
About the Online Examples
What You Should Know
Finding Further Information
Accessibility for People with Disabilities
• Microsoft Services for People Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing
• Access Pack for Microsoft Windows
• Keyboard Layouts for Single-Handed Users
• Microsoft Documentation on Audio Cassettes and Floppy Disks
• Products for People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision
• Customizing Windows
• Getting More Information

Installation Overview
• Installation Requirements
• Windows NT Configuration and Security Checklists
  • Windows NT Configuration Checklist
  • Windows NT Security Checklist
• Contents of the Compact Disc
• How to Install Internet Information Server
• How to Install Internet Explorer or Internet Service Manager
• Unattended Setup When Installing from a Network Directory
• The IUSR_computername Account

How to Publish Information
How to Test Your Internet Information Server Installation

What is the Internet?
What is an Intranet?
What is Internet Explorer?
What is Internet Information Server?
• What Can I Do with Internet Information Server?
• How Does Internet Information Server Work?
• Browser Requests
  • URL Syntax
  • Request Syntax
• Information Server Response
  • Static Pages
  • Dynamic Pages
  • Directory Listings
• How Do I Use Internet Information Server?
  • Intranet Scenarios
  • Internet Scenarios

Microsoft Internet Service Manager
• Report View
• Servers View
• Services View
• Property Sheets
  • The Service Property Sheet
  • The Directories Property Sheet
  • The Logging Property Sheet
  • The Advanced Property Sheet

Using Other Windows NT Tools
• Configuring Server Options with Control Panel
  • The Network Applet
  • The Services Applet
  • The ODBC Applet
• Setting File Access with File Manager
• Setting User Access with User Manager for Domains
• Tracking Problems with Event Viewer
• Monitoring Your Server with Performance Monitor

General Networking Issues
• Routers and Security Devices
• Typical Network Configurations
  • Internet Sites
  • Intranet Sites
  • Integrating Your Intranet with the Internet
• Administering Servers with Internet Service Manager
• Finding Other Computers on Your Network or Subnet

Publishing on the Internet
• How to Choose the Right Internet Connection
• Internet Connection Types
• IP Addresses and DNS
• Other Internet Client Services

Publishing on an Intranet
• Internet Explorer
  • What are the Differences Between Versions?
  • How Do I Distribute Internet Explorer to Users?
• Name Resolution Systems
  • Using Computer Names with WINS Servers
  • Using Computer Names and LMHOSTS
  • Using Domain Names with DNS Servers
  • Using Domain Names and HOSTS
• Using DHCP in Your Intranet
• Using URLs and Creating HTML Links for Intranets

SNMP Monitoring

Securely Configuring Windows NT Server
• Preventing Intrusion by Setting Up User Accounts
  • Allowing Anonymous Access with the IUSR_computername Account
  • Requiring a Username and Password
  • Choose Difficult Passwords
  • Maintain Strict Account Policies
  • Limit the Membership of the Administrator Group
• NTFS File Security
  • Enable Auditing
• Running Other Network Services
  • Run Only the Services that You Need
  • Unbind Unnecessary Services from Your Internet Adapter Cards
  • Check Permissions on Network Shares

How Internet Information Server Security Works
• IP Address Security
• Username Authentication
• Internet Server Permissions
• NTFS Permissions

Securely Configuring the WWW Service
• Controlling Access by Username
• Controlling Access by IP Address
• Disable Directory Browsing

Securing Data Transmissions with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
• How to Acquire an SSL Digital Certificate
• Suggestions for SSL Configuration and Operation
  • Setkey.exe Notes

Configuring a Single Content Directory
Setting the Default Document and Directory Browsing
Creating Virtual Servers
• Specifying Directories with Virtual Servers
• Directory

Configuring Content Directories
• Home Directory
• Virtual Directory
  • Specifying Directories with Virtual Servers
• Account Information
• Access Check Boxes

Configuring Logging
• Logging Limits
• Enable Logging
• Log to File
  • Automatically open new log
  • Log file directory
  • Filename
• Log to SQL/ODBC Database

How to Read Log Files
Viewing Logs in Databases
Converting Log File Formats

Preparing Information for Publishing
• Authoring HTML Files
• Publishing HTML and Other File Formats
• MIME Type Configuration
• Including Other Files with the Include Statement

Publishing Dynamic Applications
• Creating the Applications or Scripts
  • Internet Server API
  • Common Gateway Interface
• Installing Your Application on Internet Information Server
• Running Your Application
  • Associating Interpreters with Applications
  • Security Implications

Publishing Information and Using a Database
• How the Internet Database Connector Works
• Installing ODBC and Creating System Data Sources
• Authoring Web Pages with Database Access

What is the FTP Service?
• When Should I Use the FTP Service?
• How Does the FTP Service Work?
• Configuring Session Activity
• Configuring FTP Logon
• Configuring FTP Directories
  • Setting the Home Directory
  • Setting Listing Style
  • Setting Read and Write Permission
  • Creating Annotation Files
  • Special Directories in the Home Directory
• FTP Clients

What is the Gopher Service?
• Configuring the Gopher Server
  • Tag Files

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