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Boost Security: Limit Public Information
The seemingly innocuous data that you make public can provide a wealth of information for intruders.
 — Tony Howlett

Deploy URLScan to Protect Your IIS Server
Randy Franklin Smith takes you through the process of customizing URLScan for your environment, delving into the ins and outs of the urlscan.ini file configuration options.
 — Randy Franklin Smith

The Myth of IIS Downtime
Does IIS seem unstable to you? In reality, IIS is an extremely dependable platform. The real culprits of IIS downtime are probably your custom static files, CGI applications, ISAPI extensions, ISAPI filters, ASP files, and COM objects.
 — Wayne Berry

The Power of Security Templates
File-system and registry security plays such a vital role in Web server security that exploring security templates in detail is well worth the time.
 — Mark Burnett

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IIS Informant: Creating Wildcard Certificates on a Web site
Although IIS 5.0 supports wildcard certificates, IIS won't let you create a valid request for a wildcard certificate. Learn about a solution to this mysterious problem.
 — Brett Hill

IIS Informant: Using the IIS Lockdown Tool 2.0 to Modify Server Roles
The IIS Lockdown Tool is excellent for applying a security baseline to Web servers. Lockdown Tool 2.0 lets users easily specify the role that IIS serves by advising the tool which security features to apply or not to apply.
 — Brett Hill