April 2009 - Posts

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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