IIS 6: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

The Definitive Resource on IIS 6

Administer and program IIS 6 using ASP, COM, ASP.NET, ATL Server, and ISAPI

Deploy, monitor, tune, and troubleshoot IIS 6, Microsofts suite of applications integrated at the operating system level. This useful guide will bring you up-to-speed on the new features in IIS 6 and help you administer Web sites, application pools, the metabase, security, and much more. Navigate the new and improved architecture. Discover increased security, reliability, scalability, performance, and manageability. Create and configure Web sites, and use virtual directories for hosting site content. Learn how to use current Microsoft Web application technologies and discover how they compare architecturally. Administer IIS 6, build Web applications to run on IIS6, and use the tools for producing Microsoft-centric Web applications--Visual Studio 6, Interdev 6, and Visual Studio .NET.

• Integrate with the Internet and port internal applications to the Web
  
• Discover how to use all of the new security features in IIS 6
  
• Configure IIS 6 on the latest Microsoft Server platform using the latest scripts and applets
  
• Add Internet capabilities that weave directly into your infrastructure
  
• Learn to administer IIS 6 and build Web applications running on IIS 6
  
• Incorporate industry security standards and address Web Server security issues
  
• Administer WWW, FTP, NNTP, SMTP, and Certificate Services
  
• Monitor and tune IIS, and run high-performance applications
  
• Apply valuable configuration, maintenance, and content management techniques
  
• Build Web applications using VBScript in ASP, Visual Basic in COM, C# in ASP.NET, C++ in ATL Server, and C++ in ISAPI
  

Contents      

   Part I: Basic IIS Services
      1: IIS Fundamentals
      2: The WWW Service
      3: The FTP Service
      4: The SMTP Service
      5: The NNTP Service

   Part II: IIS Administration
      6: Security
      7: Authentication
      8: TCP/IP and DNS
      9: Administration Tasks
     10: Encryption
     11: Logging

   Part III: IIS Programming
     12: ASP Programming
     13: COM Web Programming
     14: ASP.NET Web Forms
     15: ASP.NET Web Services
     16: ATL Server
     17: ISAPI Extensions

   Part IV: IIS Extras
    18: Software Process and Methodology for Web Applications
    19: Bringing It All Together: Creating Your Own Web Site Using IIS
    20: Troubleshooting

    Appendix: XML Escape Values