Windows 2000 Quick Fixes

Chapter 11.  Web Services and Security

Windows 2000 Server offers a great set of tools in Internet Information Services (IIS) you can use to create a Windows 2000-based web server for web sites, file transfer, email, and newsgroups. You can use most of these same features on a Windows 2000 Professional computer, with a few limits, to enable the computer to function as a web server on an intranet or even the Internet. (Windows 2000 Server is the best choice for an Internet server because of connection restrictions in Windows 2000 Professional.)

This chapter provides several solutions to web-related issues, including how to configure the computer to host a web site, how to host multiple sites on one computer with a single IP address, and how to develop a directory structure for a web site that spans multiple computers.

You’ll also find coverage directed at the File Transfer Protocol, or FTP. This chapter explains how to set up an FTP server, incorporate hidden folders in the FTP filesystem structure, control FTP connections, and have users automatically placed in a specific folder at logon.

Other, more advanced topics are covered in this chapter as well. If you’re having problems getting Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to work on a web site, you’ll find the solution to the problem here. You’ll also learn how to manage a computer remotely through the Telnet service, manage a web server remotely, configure site error messages, and install and configure FrontPage Extensions to support publishing ...