October 12th, 2008 by Gabriel

Some basic security policies that a Web Administrator should have to consider are -

1. who/which user is allowed to use the system
2. when the user is allowed to use it
3. which user granted which level of access
4. procedures for granting access to the system
5. remote and local access methods
6. system monitoring
7. suspected security breaches

If you don’t have a clear picture of what is permitted, you can never be sure when a violation has occurred.

General security precautions to take -

1. Limit the number of login accounts available on the machine and delete inactive users.
2. The Crack programs help to detect poorly chosen passwords hence force the people to use strong             passwords who have login privileges.
3. Unused services should be turned off. For e.g. if FTP is no longer needed then it should be stopped.
4. Check system regularly for suspicious activity.
5. Make sure that permissions are set correctly on system files.

October 12th, 2008 by Gabriel

IIS allows you to display your own custom error pages instead of ugly default error pages. You will have to create an HTML or ASP page with the desired information you want to display.

Following are the steps -

1. Open Internet Information Server
2. Select your Web site in the tree view at left pane, right-click and choose Properties
3. Click on the Custom Errors tab.
4. Scroll down to the error you wish to change
5. select it, and click the Edit Properties button.
6. Enter the URL to your page that you have created
7. Click Ok at the bottom.

your customized error page will be displayed next time instead of old ugly and unfriendly default error page 

September 28th, 2008 by Gabriel

What is ASP.NET?

ASP.NET is a server side scripting that enables scripts to be executed by an Internet server.

1. ASP.NET is a Microsoft Technology
2. ASP stands for Active Server Pages
3. ASP.NET is a program that runs inside IIS
4. IIS (Internet Information Services) is Microsoft’s Internet server
5. IIS comes as a free component with Windows Servers
6. IIS is also a part of Windows 2000 and XP Professional

What is an ASP.NET File?

1. An ASP.NET file is just the same as an HTML file
2. An ASP.NET file can contain HTML, XML, and scripts
3. Scripts in an ASP.NET file are executed on the server
4. An ASP.NET file has the file extension “.aspx”

How Does ASP.NET Work?

1. When a browser requests an HTML file, the server returns the file
2. When a browser requests an ASP.NET file, IIS passes the request to the ASP.NET engine on the server
3. The ASP.NET engine reads the file, line by line, and executes the scripts in the file
4. Finally, the ASP.NET file is returned to the browser as plain HTML