08 July 2009
IIS 7 Tip # 11 You can restrict SSL to only the Control Channel on FTPS
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) has been around even before I was born :) It is a good protocol for transferring files across the network but has one major flaw. If you use authentication it sends the password in a Base64 encoded format over the wire. Read More...
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22 May 2009
Disappearing SSL certificates from IIS 7.0 manager
“I install a SSL server certificate using the ‘Complete Certificate Request’ wizard in IIS manager and when I refresh the view the certificate disappears. “ I have heard that a couple of times and every time I used to go “What ?” Until someone showed Read More...
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13 May 2009
IIS 7 Tip # 10 You can generate machine keys from the IIS manager
The machineKey element of the ASP.NET web.config specifies the algorithm and keys that ASP.NET will use for encryption. By default the validationKey and the decryptionKey keys are set to AutoGenerate which means the runtime will generate a random key Read More...
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07 May 2009
Setting SMTP RelayIpList from a script.
SMTP service running on IIS 6.0 provides you options to restrict IP addresses of computers that can relay mail messages through this server. The value(list of IP addresses) is stored in the RelayIpList metabase property as an octet string. I was recently Read More...
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05 May 2009
IIS 7 Tip # 9 Set Application Pool Defaults…
When ever you create a new application pool IIS only asks you for four things 1. Name, 2. .NET Framework version, 3. Managed pipeline mode and 4. Weather to start the application pool immediately What about the remaining advanced settings like the identity Read More...
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01 May 2009
Can the validity period of the Self-Signed Certificate that IIS 7.0 manager creates be changed ?
IIS 7.0 has a nice feature of creating self-signed certificates … very handy for creating test certificates. I was recently asked if there is a way to modify the validity period of the certificate it creates. Unfortunately No! The module that creates Read More...
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29 April 2009
IIS 7 Tip # 8 You can create Self-Signed SSL certificates from the IIS manager
IIS 7.0 manager has a nice feature of generating self-signed certificates that you can use for running tests. At the global level select Server Certificates and in the Actions Pane on the right you get the option to Create Self-Signed Certificate… The Read More...
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03 April 2009
IIS 7 Tip # 7 You can use the application pool identity for the anonymous authentication credentials
When a client accesses a web site on anonymous authentication IIS uses a pre configured account to access the corresponding files on disk. In IIS 5.0 / 6.0 we used a local account called the IUSR_machinename for anonymous authentication. With IIS 7.0 Read More...
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02 April 2009
Getting better stack traces in Process Monitor / Process Explorer
Process Monitor and Process Explorer are great tools for troubleshooting issues on Windows machines. Process Explorer can be used to investigate a running process from handles to dlls loaded. Process Monitor is my favourate and it can be used to monitor Read More...
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01 April 2009
IIS 7 Tip # 6 You can reset the TCP connection when “Service Unavailable” happens
Instead of returning the “Service Unavailable” message to the client you can terminate the TCP connection. This can be helpful in environments where you have a Load Balancer which ’understands’ a TCP reset instead of “Service Unavailable”. In IIS 7.0 Read More...
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14 March 2009
Caution while xcopying IIS 7.0 config files
Metabase.xml is the central store where IIS 6.0 stores most of its configuration information. Its a plain text file and stores all the information in a simple XML format. The XML format naturally raised a notion of being able to XCOPY the config file Read More...
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13 March 2009
IIS 7 Tip # 5 Run a command when Rapid Fail Protection is triggered.
Rapid-Fail Protection disables application pools if they crash multiple times within in a specified time period. This prevents the failing application pool from getting into a continuous loop of crashing and restarting. This protects other application Read More...
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10 March 2009
IIS 7 Tip # 4 Application Pool Recycling Events has an UI
Tucked away in the IIS manager is an UI screen to configure the Events that get logged when an application pool is recycled. When you right click on the application pool and choose Recycling you get to the screen where you configure the Recycling Conditions. Read More...
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08 March 2009
IIS 7 Tip # 3 You can now load the user profile of the application pool identity
IIS 6.0 does not load the user profile of the application pool identity. But with IIS 7.0 you now have a choice to load the profile if needed. This feature is disabled by default on Windows 2008. < applicationPools > < add name = " DefaultAppPool Read More...
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06 March 2009
IIS 7 Tip #2 You can now run 32 bit and 64 bit applications on the same server
On a 64 bit Windows 2003 machine IIS 6.0 could either be run in 32 bit mode or 64 bit mode. You toggled the Enable32bitAppOnWin64 metabase key and all the worker process would run in a particular bitness mode. With IIS 7.0 the Enable32bitAppOnWin64 key Read More...
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