Security Tasks

Enabling anonymous access
(modifies the AllowAnonymous metabase property)
Range: 0,1
Default: 1 (enabled)
Location in ISM: Directory Security property sheet, File Security property sheet
Can be configured at: Web site, FTP site, virtual directory, directory, and file levels
This parameter specifies if an anonymous user should be allowed to connect and make a request to the server. By convention, most Internet services allow anonymous connections to gain access to files.

 

Enabling anonymous only access for FTP sites
(modifies the AnonymousOnly metabase property)
Range:: 0,1
Default: 0 (disabled)
Location in ISM: Directory Security property sheet (FTP only)
Can be configured at: FTP site level
This parameter specifies if only anonymous connections are permitted.

 

Setting the anonymous user name
(modifies the AnonymousUserName metabase property)
Range: String
Default: I_USR_<computername>
Location in ISM: Directory Security property sheet, File Security property sheet
Can be configured at: Web site, FTP site, virtual directory, directory, and file levels
This value specifies the name of the local user to use for anonymous users. All server actions associate a user name and password with the action.

 

Setting the anonymous user password
(modifies the AnonymousUserPass metabase property)
Range:String
Default:<Random string>
Location in ISM: Directory Security property sheet, File Security property sheet
Can be configured at: Web site, FTP site, virtual directory, directory, and file levels
This parameter specifies the appropriate password to designate for anonymous users. The password is encrypted when sent across the network.

 

Enabling password synchronization
(modifies the AnonyousUseSubAuth metabase property)
Range: 0,1
Default: 1 (if anonymous user name is a local account)
Location in ISM: Directory Security property sheet, File Security property sheet
Can be configured at: Web site, FTP site, virtual directory, directory, and file levels
This parameter indicates whether or not IIS password synchronization should be used. If enabled, IIS will use an automatically synchronized password for the anonymous user. Password synchronization is used exclusively for anonymous access on local servers. If AnonymousUserName is present in a metabase node, then this property is automatically set.

 

Setting IP access restrictions
(modifies the IPSecurity metabase property)
Range: Binary
Default: <no IP security>
Location in ISM: Directory Security property sheet, File Security property sheet
Can be configured at: Web site, FTP site, virtual directory, directory, and file levels
This value specifies the IP Access Restrictions for an individual file. Restrictions can be set for computer, group of computers, or an entire domain name.

 

Setting SSL file permissions
(modifies the AccessSSLFlags metabase property)
Range:SSL, SSL 128 bit, Negotiate Certificate, Require Certificate, Access Map Certificate
Default: 0 (disabled)
Location in ISM: Directory Security property sheet, File Security property sheet
Can be configured at: Web site, virtual directory, directory, and file levels
These values specify Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) file permissions.

 

Setting authentication schemes
(modifies the AuthFlags metabase property)
Range: Anonymous, Basic, NTLM
Default: Anonymous
Location in ISM: Directory Security property sheet, File Security property sheet
Can be configured at: Web site, virtual directory, directory, and file levels
This value lists the possible Windows NT authentication schemes returned to clients.

 

SSL public keys
(modifies the SSLPublicKey metabase property)
Range: Binary
Default: <none>
Location in ISM: Directory Security property sheet, File Security property sheet
Can be configured at: Web site, FTP site, virtual directory, directory, and file levels
This value represents the public key for an IP address that a server provides for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) authentication.

 

SSL private keys
(modifies the SSLPrivateKey metabase property)
Range: Binary
Default: <none>
Location in ISM:
Directory Security property sheet, File Security property sheet
Can be configured at: Web site, FTP site, virtual directory, directory, and file levels
This value represents the private key for an IP address that a server provides for SSL authentication.

 

SSL key password
(modifies the SSLKeyPassword metabase property)
Range: Binary
Default: <none>
Location in ISM: Directory Security property sheet, File Security property sheet
Can be configured at: Web site, FTP site, virtual directory, directory, and file levels
This value represents the password that is used to generate the private key from the SSL key pair.

 


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