IIS Security (Paperback)

by Marty Jost (Conductor) "Your Web site is your organization's face to the world..." (more)
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Product Description
Protect your IIS server with help from this authoritative book. Covering all basic security tools that come with IIS -- and explaining their weaknesses -- this complete guide shows you how to utilize encryption, authorization, filtering, and other restrictive techniques to protect against attacks and other security violations.

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Protect your entire IIS Web environment from both "insider and outsider" security threats

Safeguard your Web site and all its services with help from this detailed guide. After studying common Web site vulnerabilities--for both Internet and intranets--you'll find out how to plan and implement an effective and complete security framework that will prevent Denial of Service attacks, hacker intrusions, and malicious code breaches including Trojans, viruses, and worms. Learn to properly configure IIS security features and discover the ins and outs of auditing. This definitive guide will help you proactively manage your IIS Web environment to minimize future security risks. Focused, practical, and authoritative, this book shows you everything you need to secure IIS servers using real-life security challenges with proven solutions, security alerts, implementation techniques, and security check lists.

• Resolve physical, environmental, network, and security policy issues and manage responsibilities of multi-level administration
• Identify security vulnerabilities and learn the methods and tools that hackers use so you can better defend against them
• Harden your server by removing unnecessary services, modifying default accounts, setting safe policies, and configuring secure access control
• Set rules for authentication, IP filtering, network address translation, and domain restrictions
• Use VPNs, SSL encryption, and public key cryptography (PKI) effectively
• Monitor Web site activity through system logs and auditing policies to guard against potential attacks
• Ensure safe use of scripts and Active Server Pages
• Secure all IIS services including FTP, SMTP, and NNTP
• Explore how the "privacy factor" affects your IIS security practices

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Product Details

• Paperback: 468 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/OsborneMedia; 1st edition (July 29, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072224398
• ISBN-13: 978-0072224399
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #875,317 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)