How to configure security by using IIS 6.0

This article outlines important information about how to configure Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 and Microsoft Windows to secure your sites. The links provided in the "More Information" section direct you to the online documentation for IIS 6.0. IIS 6.0 documentation is also available through IIS Manager. For more information about how to access this Help feature through IIS Manager, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

For more information about how to configure security in IIS 6.0, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

• About Security
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/f8f81568-31f2-4210-9982-b9391afc30eb.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/f8f81568-31f2-4210-9982-b9391afc30eb.mspx)
  
• Security Best Practices
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/596cdf5a-c852-4b79-b55a-708e5283ced5.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/596cdf5a-c852-4b79-b55a-708e5283ced5.mspx)
  
• Authentication
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/9b619620-4f88-488b-8243-e6bc7caf61ad.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/9b619620-4f88-488b-8243-e6bc7caf61ad.mspx)
  
• Access Control
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/b2657856-7e5c-45c7-a97b-89db66dca248.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/b2657856-7e5c-45c7-a97b-89db66dca248.mspx)
  
• TCP/IP Port Filtering
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/8c2d046b-4be8-49ee-a76f-ed19ba98e83f.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/8c2d046b-4be8-49ee-a76f-ed19ba98e83f.mspx)
  
• Encryption
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/5e0119a8-deed-4056-9592-e721a4889a71.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/5e0119a8-deed-4056-9592-e721a4889a71.mspx)
  
• Certificates
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/89c7ef2f-f7d6-483c-8b08-ae0c6584dd4d.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/89c7ef2f-f7d6-483c-8b08-ae0c6584dd4d.mspx)
  
• Auditing
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/ee8e02ca-c5e9-43ac-a950-91940f3252e9.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/ee8e02ca-c5e9-43ac-a950-91940f3252e9.mspx)
  
• Secure Sockets Layer
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/d70e2bb7-9693-485e-a5e1-7196d7e655b3.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/d70e2bb7-9693-485e-a5e1-7196d7e655b3.mspx)

For more information about IIS 6.0, visit the following Microsoft Web site: