Did you know: Configure Client Certificate Mapping in FTP 7.5 - Part 4

by Vivek 3/5/2010 1:57:00 AM
In this post, we will install a User Certificate, enable Named Mapping and test FTPS using a tool.Install User Certificate: Open Internet Explorer, and open the website https://server1/certsrv Click Request a Certificate Click User Certificate Click Yes on Web Access Confirmation (if it prompts) Click Submit Click Install this certificate You will get a confirmation that a user Certificate has been installed Confirm Client Certificate has been installed: Open Internet Explorer ... [More]


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Did you know | FTPS | IIS 7 | Step By Step

Did you know: Configure Client Certificate Mapping in FTP 7.5 - Part 3

by Vivek 3/4/2010 1:54:00 AM
In this post, we will create FTP Site on IIS and configure it to use Client Certificate. Create FTP Site: Open IIS Manager and right click on Sites Folder Click Add FTP Site… Enter the FTP site name: and select the Physical path for the site, click Next Select Binding and SSL settings as shown, I have selected the Server Certificate we requested above “newftpsite” under SSL Certificate. Click Next We won’t be selecting any Authentication m... [More]


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Did you know | FTPS | IIS 7 | Step By Step

Did you know: Configure Client Certificate Mapping in FTP 7.5 - Part 2

by Vivek 3/3/2010 1:50:00 AM
This is Part 2 of our series on implementing Client Certificate mapping in FTP 7.5. Today we will Install Server Certificate on IIS. In Part 1, I gave you a brief background of the environment we will be working on in our scenario. Issue Server Certificate Click on the computer name in IIS Manager and double click on Server Certificates   Click on Create Certificate Request… Fill in the textboxes as pe... [More]


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Did you know | FTPS | IIS 7 | Step By Step

Did you know: Configure Client Certificate Mapping in FTP 7.5 - Part 1

by Vivek 3/2/2010 1:44:00 AM
Client Certificate Mapping Authentication Role Service in IIS 7 and IIS 7.5 enables authentication between a Client and the Web Server by presenting client certificates over secure channel. In IIS 7 and IIS 7.5, Client Certificate Mapping Authentication uses Active Directory to map client certificates against a users account in a domain. NOTE: Client Certificate Mapping in FTP 7.5 is Active Directory One-to-One Mappings only. Here is Part 1 of a 4 Part series on implementing Client Certificate... [More]


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Did you know | FTPS | IIS 7 | Step By Step

Did you know: Configure WebDAV to redirect a User/Group to a specific folder in IIS 7 / 7.5 – Part 2

by vivek 2/5/2010 8:53:12 AM
In Part 1, we created a simple WebDAV site which allow all authenticated users to access the WebDAV site at the root level. Now, we will see how we can configure WebDAV such that a user when authenticated is redirected to his authorized content folder only. PART I – Modify a simple WebDAV site for User Authorization Click on the Web Site (WebDAV Site in our case) In the Features view, double click on Authentication and verify if you have Windows Authentication enabled ... [More]


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Did you know | IIS 7 | WebDAV

Did you know: Configure WebDAV in IIS 7 / 7.5 – Part 1

by Vivek 2/5/2010 4:51:00 AM
Do you really need WebDAV? Well, there are pros and cons of using WebDAV and you can search the Internet to get better understanding of the same. I would use WebDAV because one of it’s unique "Lock" feature which is not available in FTP / FTPS. You can enable locking such that multiple WebDAV clients do not try to update content at the same time which prevents overwrite. Today we will see how to configure WebDAV in IIS 7 / 7.5 and different Authorization Rules yo... [More]


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Cannot add duplicate collection entry of type in IIS 7 / 7.5

by vivek 1/18/2010 8:42:35 PM
Today one of my colleague came across a WebDAV issue where a customer was getting the error “Error: Cannot add duplicate collection entry of type 'add' with combined key attributes 'users, roles, path' respectively set to '*, , *'” when he would try to open WebDAV Authoring Rules feature in IIS 7. The error message clearly states that we have duplicate entry in the applicationHost.config file. <webdav> <authoringRules> <add users="*" path="*&quo... [More]


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Unable to reinstall IIS 7 on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008

by Vivek 1/18/2010 1:14:00 PM
Recently I came across an issue where a customer was unable to reinstall IIS 7 on Windows Server 2008. The issue started happening after they upgraded some vendor CGI application that was hosted on IIS. I used the CBS.log which is located at C:\Windows\Logs\CBS folder. Since IIS 7 is all modularized every component you select in IIS will install and uninstall module wise. You will see the CBS logfile has detailed information on what is the new component that is about to be installed and the ... [More]


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IIS 7 | Troubleshooting | Win 7

Enable Instant Search in Microsoft Outlook

by vivek 1/15/2010 12:46:46 PM
This post is a bit off the track to my usual IIS topics. I am not a big fan of desktop search software's and I don’t like unwanted software's hogging on my memory or CPU. I have heard a lot of good things about this Instant Search in Outlook and though I will go ahead and enable it. Today when searching for some text in my Microsoft Outlook 2010 beta, I saw “Click here to enable Instant Search”. Clicked on the notification bar and that popped out a message Looks li... [More]


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Did you know: FTP Publishing… in IIS 7 / 7.5

by Vivek 1/13/2010 6:45:00 PM
Here’s the situation, you have published a Web site and you will need to upload new content on your Web site every week or fortnight. You would have to create a new FTP site and point it to the Web site content folder to allow you to do that. In IIS 7 / 7.5, you have a new feature called FTP Publishing. You can now automatically add FTP feature to your existing Web site. Here’s how you enable and configure FTP Publishing in IIS 7 / 7.5. Installing FTP in IIS 7 / 7.... [More]


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