Security for the Internet Service Provider

Goal To provide ISPs and their customers the security necessary for successful operations. Components Windows NT Server 4.0; Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0; Active Server Pages (ASP); ADO; Microsoft SQL Server; Internet Explorer version 3.02 with Authenticode 2 update, or later versions of Internet Explorer Environment Intranet, secured; Windows NT network

Multimedia Demonstration

Basic Process

1. To ensure that a customer has access to the directories they need to administer, create an account for the customer in your Windows NT domain.
2. Add the customer to the Log on Locally right.
3. Add the customer as an Operator for the customer's web site.
4. Because this customer wants everyone to have access to the content on her site, allow anonymous access to those directories.
5. Because you don't want your customers to have access to all Web sites on your server, be sure that you give a particular customer access to his or her directories only.

Result

This customer with operator status can then the IIS 4.0 Web-based administration tool to administer their site remotely. You can learn more information about the Web-based administration tool in the Web-based Administration scenario.

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