Remote Administration of IIS 4.0 Server

[AGA]

How can I do a remote administration and maintenance of my IIS 4.0 server.

 

[Galrahn]

Its not hard, but for it to work securely you need a static ip address from the workstation you are doing remote administration from.

If you look at the properties of the administration web site, you can see where directory security tab. The middle option is "IP Address and Domain Name restrictions." By default, the settings are deny everyone but the local machine (127.0.0.1), and there is an entry to allow the local machine. In this tab you configure the static IP address of the workstation you are doing remote administration from. It will require authentication (administrator rights required), but you can use the web interface.

This does not work through a NAT, but can work well if you can assign yourself a static (or DHCP reserved) address through a dial-up connection to your internal network.

Good luck and let me know if this helps.

Galrahn