[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change]

Directory Security Property Sheet

Use this property sheet to set your Web server's security features.

Anonymous Access and Authentication Control

To configure your Web server's authentication and anonymous access features, click Edit. The Authentication Methods dialog box appears. Use these features to configure your Web server to confirm the identity of users before granting access to restricted content.

Before your server can authenticate users, you must first create valid Windows user accounts and then configure Windows File System (NTFS) directory and file permissions for those accounts.

IP Address and Domain Name Restrictions

To allow or prevent specific users, computers, groups of computers, or domains from accessing this Web site, directory, or file, click Edit. The IP Address and Domain Name Restrictions dialog box appears. You can grant or deny access to specific IP Address Access Restrictions for individual or groups of computers, or domain names.

Secure Communications

To configure your Web server's Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) secure communications features, click Edit if you already have a valid certificate installed on your computer being administered. Otherwise, click Server Certificate to create a request file using the Web Server Certificate Wizard, or view current certificates by selecting View Certificate.

Using secure communications features allow you to:

- Require users to establish a secure (encrypted) link in order to connect to your directory or file.
- Enable or disable client certificate mapping.
- Set your Web server's client certificate mapping and authentication features. Certificates can be mapped to specific user accounts so that once a user enters, they have the correct permissions.
- Choose the level of data encryption and a cryptographic service provider (CSP).

###### See also

Anonymous Access

Web Server Permissions

NTFS Permissions

IP Address Access Restrictions

Web Site Authentication

Certificate Authentication

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