This section discusses the security administration of Microsoft Index Server. To maintain a secure site without disclosing information to unauthorized persons, it is necessary to be aware of authentication and access control issues. Even on sites that contain only widely available public information, being aware of security issues helps to prevent compromising the server.
Specifically, this topic contains:
- Controlling System Integrity: Explains several ways to protect your system integrity from being violated.
- Catalog Directory Access Control: Describes how security measures to protect catalogs.
- Access Control for Web Pages: Tells how Index Server protects documents from a client that does not have permission to view them.
- Authentication: Explains how to set up authentication for clients.
- Remote Virtual Roots: Describes security on remote virtual roots.
- Administration Over the Web: Gives tips about how to securely administer Index Server over the Web.
- Configuration Note: Tells how to avoid returning unpredictable results from queries.
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