IIS Security

This work provides coverage of Web security threats and vulnerabilities on the Internet and on intranets. It gives advice on how to detect and respond to security breaches. It also covers the basic security tools that come with IIS and are managed with the IIS Administration console, shows the weaknesses of these tools, and provides more sophisticated tools that can be utilized to protect the IIS server. Included are implementation techniques on multiple security methods, such as authentication, encryption, authorization, filtering and restrictions to protect against hacking and loss.

Author Biography

Marty Jost (Walnut Creek, CA) is an experienced security professional and consultant who has worked with Secure Computing, RSA Security, Intuit, Sun, and Novell. He is currently a consultant specializing in Windows NT/2000, IIS, firewalls, and authentication. In the past several years he has worked with all types of businesses who have moved a majority of their applications to web-based platforms. Marty has recently written several security articles for Secure Computing magazine.