IIS, WWW and FTP Services

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IIS, WWW and FTP Services
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Microsoft Internet Information Services

• Allows Windows Server 2003 to behave as a Web
  server and offer a Web site
• Included with the Windows Server 2003
  installation CD-ROM
• Includes the Internet Server Application
  Programming Interface (ISAPI)
• Group of DLL files that are application and
  filters
• Application enables linking of other programs and
  speeds program execution
• Filters are used to automatically trigger
  programs

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Microsoft Internet Information Services (cont.)

• IIS contains World Wide Web services
• An IIS server can function as an SMTP, NNTP, and
  FTP server
• Windows Server 2003 provides
• Privileged-mode architecture
• Fault tolerance capabilities
• Database access using IIS Open Database
  Connectivity (ODBC) drivers
• IIS is compatible with security techniques such
  as MPPE, IPSec, and SSL encryption

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Installing IIS

• Windows Server 2003 installed on the host
  computer
• TCP/IP installed on the IIS host
• Access to an ISP
• IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway IP
  address
• Sufficient disk space for IIS and Web site files
• Disk storage formatted for NTFS for performance
  and security
• Name resolution method

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Managing and Configuring an IIS Web Server

• Application pools
• Groups similar Web applications for management
• SMTP virtual server
• Manages Internet e-mail
• NNTP virtual server
• Manages newsgroup services
• Web service extensions
• For compatibility with FrontPage
• Enables the use of other extensions, such as
  Active Server pages and Internet printing

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Managing and Configuring an IIS Web Server (cont.)

• Web sites
• Manages multiple Web sites from one
  administrative Web server
• One default Web site is automatically set up
• Has several configuration parameters, including
  directory security with authentication access
  options
• The default is anonymous access

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Summary

• To implement a Web server, install Internet
  Information Services
• Create IIS virtual directories to enable multiple
  users to publish on a Web site
• Plan to configure each Web site to control client
  timeout, server bandwidth, number of connections,
  and authentication

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Summary

• Install Windows Media Services to enable a
  Windows 2003 Server, including one configured
  with IIS, to provide streaming multimedia
• If you have users, such as UNIX computers, that
  need to connect using Telnet, configure Windows
  2003 as a Telnet Server