How does the Internet Services Manager work?

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Hello all:

I'm somewhat new to Windows 2000 and I just recently added some Windows
components which includes the Internet Services Manager. Now, is this a
utility that makes it possible for me to do the full nine yards on setting
up a website and not only will people on my home network be able to browse
to the site but it's browsable via the internet as well? If I set up a
website through this utility, I'm guessing that would mean I would have to
keep the computer on and running 24x7 so that it would be accessible via the
web at anytime during the day??

If anyone is familiar with this utility, I would appreciate some insight
into what I can do with it or maybe point me in the right direction to what
sources might have more info on the Internet Services Manager.

Thanks!
 
Hello all:

I'm somewhat new to Windows 2000 and I just recently added some Windows
components which includes the Internet Services Manager. Now, is this a
utility that makes it possible for me to do the full nine yards on setting
up a website and not only will people on my home network be able to browse
to the site but it's browsable via the internet as well? If I set up a
website through this utility, I'm guessing that would mean I would have to
keep the computer on and running 24x7 so that it would be accessible via the
web at anytime during the day??

If anyone is familiar with this utility, I would appreciate some insight
into what I can do with it or maybe point me in the right direction to what
sources might have more info on the Internet Services Manager.
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ISM only *manages* a web server. I presume that you must have
installed IIS (the web server) to have obtained the Manager.

IIS installs with a default site. Try typing http://127.0.0.1 into a
web broswer on that machine. Or connect to it from another networked
machine by its IP address. You either replace the default site with
your own or use ISM to create another (non-default) site. It's up to
you.

Unless you set up routing to the Internet, you will most likely only
be able to see your web server from your local network - which is
ideal for learning purposes.

Cheers,

Cliff
 
Be afraid. Be very afraid.

For starters, if you haven't, run the Baseline Security Analyzer at
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsahome.mspx>

Also see the "How to Secure Your IIS Environment" at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/events/iis/tnt1-40.mspx
and "Security Policy, Assessment, and Vulnerability Analysis" at
<<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/topics/assess/default.mspx>>
and "Protecting Your Networks: Wireless, Firewalls, and Perimeter Security"
at
<<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/topics/network/default.mspx>>
And, didn't Microsoft offer a firewall for Windows 2000? You can use ISA as
a firewall:
<<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/events/isa/tnt1-41.mspx>>

And see, for instance, the "SANS Top 20 Vulnerabilities - The Experts
Consensus" at
<http://www.sans.org/top20/#w1>
IIS is ranked as the number one Windows Security Vulnerability by their
experts. If you are not already familiar with SANS, and unless you have
significant experience administering some other web server, you have some
reading to do, and then you have a lot of ongoing work to do. You write that
you are new to Windows 2000. Within seconds of putting your web server on
the Internet, it will be scanned, its ports probed, and, eventually, its
vulnerabilities found. See also Shields Up! at
<https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2>

Also, your ISP may not allow you to run such a service. Normally, so long as
one's traffic is not suspiciously heavy, such as one might see with a
commercial site, well, you * might * be left alone, or, your ISP may drop
you like a bad habit. But run an open relay or otherwise allow your system
to be exploited, and your ISP has every legal right to terminate your
service for violation of their TOS / AUP. You might be better off looking at
anyone of a number of web hosting companies. Just as an example, see
www.bizland.com. Searching the web on this name, you can also find them in
some lists of similar web hosting companies.
 
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