Managing IIS Services

Managing IIS Services
With IIS installed, you will see an Internet Information Services item in Administrative Tools. (In Windows 2000, the item is named Internet Services Administrator, but it's the same thing.) Figure 17-10 shows the Internet Information Services console, which also uses an MMC snap-in.


Figure 17-10. If you've installed the FTP and SMTP services but don't currently use them, stop them in the Internet Information Services console.
Unless you specify otherwise during the installation process, the default IIS configuration installs and enables the Web, FTP, and SMTP services. In most cases, you will be managing the server content through local files or file shares, so you should disable the FTP service unless you are absolutely sure you need it. Your current network usually has an existing SMTP mail server, so you should also disable the SMTP server.

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Security-conscious Web administrators might discover an IP Address And Domain Name Restrictions box. (Right-click Web Sites, choose Properties, and then click the Directory Security tab.) With IIS running on Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Microsoft Windows .NET Server, this option lets you choose which remote systems can access the server. However, this option is unavailable through IIS running on Windows XP Professional 2000 or Windows 2000 Professional, and the corresponding Edit button is disabled.