Running Microsoft Internet Information Server

by Braginski, Matt; Powell, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9781572315853
• ISBN10: 1572315857
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-07-01
• Publisher: Microsoft Pr

Summary

Running Microsoft Internet Information Server gives you everything - from an overview of how the Internet works with local area networks and intranets to advanced server concepts. This comprehensive book for system administrators and IS professionals covers practical administration topics and how they are integrated into businesses and organizations using Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii	(2)
Introduction	xv
PART ONE INSTALLING, CONFIGURING, AND USING INTERNET INFORMATION SERVER	1	(416)
Chapter 1 What Is Internet Information Server?	3	(6)
The HTML File Server	4	(1)
CGI Applications	4	(1)
ISAPI: Making Internet Server Business Solutions Viable	4	(1)
Active Server Pages	5	(1)
Internet Information Server 4.0	6	(1)
The Future of IIS	6	(3)
Chapter 2 Network Overview	9	(20)
Basic Truths About Networking	9	(2)
Client/Server Architecture	11	(1)
The Network Layered Approach	12	(3)
Seven Layers in the ISO/OSI Model	15	(3)
Web Browser and Web Server Architecture	18	(6)
Sample Network Configurations	24	(5)
Chapter 3 Exploring the Network Environment	29	(26)
Computer Naming and Address Schemes	30	(7)
Network Communication Basics	37	(3)
Machine Names and Name Resolution	40	(7)
Configuring the Network	47	(5)
Getting Connected	52	(3)
Chapter 4 Web Server Configuration	55	(34)
Setup	55	(2)
The IIS Hierarchy	57	(2)
Configuration Options	59	(30)
Chapter 5 The Metabase	89	(20)
The Metabase Hierarchy	89	(3)
Objects in the Metabase Hierarchy	92	(1)
Metabase Entries	93	(1)
Metabase Properties	94	(2)
Manipulating the Metabase	96	(4)
Writing Your Own Applications	100	(9)
Chapter 6 Logging and Monitoring Tools	109	(36)
Log Files	109	(13)
The Windows NT Event Log	122	(3)
Performance Monitor	125	(14)
Simple Network Management Protocol	139	(6)
Chapter 7 Index Server	145	(40)
Setting Up Index Server	146	(3)
Inside Index Server	149	(6)
Query Language	155	(2)
Customizing Index Server	157	(20)
Administering Index Server	177	(8)
Chapter 8 Server Add-Ons	185	(26)
Site Server Express	185	(19)
FrontPage Server Extensions	204	(7)
Chapter 9 The FTP Server	211	(26)
Basic Concepts	211	(2)
Installing FTP Server	213	(1)
Configuration Options	214	(18)
Managing the FTP Server Programmatically	232	(5)
Chapter 10 News Server	237	(22)
Installing the NNTP Service	238	(2)
Managing the NNTP Service	240	(16)
Managing the NNTP Service Programmatically	256	(3)
Chapter 11 Mail Server	259	(30)
The Internet Mail System	259	(3)
IIS Mail Solution: CDO for NTS	262	(4)
Installing SMTP	266	(5)
Setting Default Domain Properties	271	(4)
Creating a Domain	285	(4)
Chapter 12 Windows NT Security and IIS	289	(34)
Security Descriptors and Access Tokens	289	(2)
Impersonation	291	(4)
Privileges	295	(1)
The Big Picture	296	(2)
Securing the Desktop	298	(1)
Windows NT Services	299	(7)
Security and IIS	306	(4)
User Authentication and Impersonation	310	(6)
Other Mechanisms for Controlling Access	316	(1)
An Overview of Security Logic	317	(1)
Auditing	318	(3)
The FTP Service	321	(2)
Chapter 13 Secure Communications with SSL	323	(26)
Encryption	323	(12)
Secure Socket Layer	335	(4)
Setting Up IIS for Secure Web Communication	339	(10)
Chapter 14 Certificate Server	349	(30)
Installing Certificate Server	352	(4)
Managing Certificate Server	356	(9)
Programming and Scripting Interfaces	365	(9)
Coordinating Front-End and Back-End Interfaces	374	(5)
Chapter 15 Advanced Services	379	(38)
Microsoft Transaction Server	379	(18)
Microsoft Message Queue Server	397	(20)
PART TWO THE MICROSOFT INTERNET APPLICATION SERVER	417	(180)
Chapter 16 IIS and Application Architecture	419	(20)
Three-Tiered Client/Server Architecture	419	(4)
IIS Architecture	423	(1)
Script Files	424	(9)
Authentication and Impersonation	433	(4)
ISAPI Filters	437	(2)
Chapter 17 ASP Basics	439	(48)
Introduction to ASP	439	(3)
Manipulating ASP Pages	442	(8)
Application, Session, and Page Scopes	450	(5)
ASP Built-In Objects	455	(10)
Installable Components for ASP	465	(8)
Other Components Available from ASP	473	(2)
Writing Your Own Components	475	(9)
Script Debugging	484	(3)
Chapter 18 Transactional ASP	487	(26)
Transactions	487	(2)
The ObjectContext Object	489	(3)
ASP Transaction Basics	492	(5)
Transactions Using ADO from ASP	497	(3)
Transacting Components Called from ASP	500	(10)
Transactional C/C++ Components	510	(3)
Chapter 19 Using Microsoft Message Queue Server	513	(12)
Messages	514	(6)
Transactional Messaging	520	(5)
Chapter 20 Web Server Applications	525	(40)
Common Gateway Interface	525	(11)
Internet Server Application Programming Interface	536	(29)
Chapter 21 ISAPI Filters, Extensions, and Custom Script Interpreters	565	(32)
ISAPI Filters	565	(17)
Custom Script Interpreters	582	(15)
PART THREE UNDER THE COVERS OF INTERNET INFORMATION SERVER	597	(110)
Chapter 22 The Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)	599	(22)
Architecture: How Browsers Interpret HTML	599	(12)
Client Scripting	611	(4)
Objects	615	(2)
Dynamic HTML	617	(4)
Chapter 23 The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)	621	(28)
An Overview of HTTP	621	(6)
HTTP Requests	627	(6)
HTTP Responses	633	(7)
HTTP Protocol Details	640	(9)
Chapter 24 The File Transfer Protocol (FTP)	649	(20)
FTP Implementation	650	(1)
FTP Connection Management	651	(7)
FTP in Action: Using the FTP Client	658	(4)
More Action: Using the Telnet Client	662	(3)
Data Representation	665	(4)
Chapter 25 The Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)	669	(22)
Internet News Delivery Systems	669	(6)
NNTP Overview	675	(16)
Chapter 26 The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)	691	(16)
SMTP Overview	691	(1)
SMTP Implementation	692	(4)
Supported Commands	696	(1)
Extended SMTP	697	(3)
Creating a Mail Transaction	700	(7)
Index	707