New IIS Features


IIS 7 builds upon IIS 6's excellent performance and security record, adding sweeping changes inside and out. The major new IIS 7 features include:

  • Granular, modular design and components

  • Reduced default install footprint

  • Replaced metadata config file with XML

  • New Admin tools

  • New troubleshooting and diagnostic tools

  • Integrated URL string filtering (you no longer need URLScan)

  • Hidden namespaces (you can hide folders from being accessed)

  • New authentication methods

  • Integrated form-based authentication

  • Authentication can be redirected to external sources (for example, SQL, Oracle)

  • Integrated ASP.NET and IIS authentication

  • Microsoft passport authentication is removed

  • Easier for Web site to run directly using worker process identity

  • Per Web site or application admin delegation

  • IUSR_computername (i.e., the IIS anonymous account) is deprecated, although it is now a built-in account with a well-known SID

  • IIS_IUSRS is a new built-in IIS group with a well-known SID for anonymous connections

  • IIS_WPG group is deprecated (although it will still appear on many installations)

  • Many new additional security features

These new features will be covered in more detail in the material that follows.



Windows Vista Security. Securing Vista Against Malicious Attacks
Windows Vista Security. Securing Vista Against Malicious Attacks
ISBN: 470101555
EAN: N/A
Year: 2004
Pages: 163

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