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Sophos access a webserver from the web [migrated]

I have an web server(IIS) behind an SOPHOS UTM 9 I have setup the Web Application Firewall feature It is a completely fresh install. No other settings have been eddied. When I Try to access the ...
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Test website for SSL 2.0

I'm in the process of disabling SSLv2 on our IIS-based webserver and am wondering how I can test that SSLv2 is actually disabled? The website is still in development so not visible outside our ...
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Is it harmful to allow http requests with very long querystrings in IIS?

I am developing a website with a search feature that could generate HTTP requests that are very long (up to 15,000) characters. However, IIS has a default limit of 2048 characters for querystrings. ...
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Should i use SSL for local access?

I have a web service which can be accessed only from websites hosted on the same server (i use 127.0.0.1 ip). Should i use SSL for the communications between the sites and the service, or would that ...
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IIS password protected website

I have a website built upon windows IIS and to use password to protect the website and disable anonymous logon to that website, the ONLY way is to disable the anonymous logon in IIS and use a windows ...
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What due diligence is required for HTTPModules that run within IIS?

I noticed some HTTP Handlers in my Web.config that appear to intercept HTTP traffic and manipulate it. Since there has already been an exploit with a similar component produced by Microsoft, what ...
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Locking down web-based admin areas with personal SSL certificates

I've been tasked to setup a secure platform, where I've been asked to assign personal SSL certificates to administrators, and have the server only allow persons into the administration areas that have ...
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IIS IP Adress Restriction - can I rely on it online?

I've been told that I might have more luck posting here than on Stack Exchange, so here goes: I'm looking for a way to lock down a 3rd party application in IIS. It's a web service, so there's no ...
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How can IT audit for installation of IIS Express?

IIS Express is a developer tool for Windows XP and higher which provides the full feature set of IIS, but without needing administrator rights. I've seen discussion by some developers who are ...
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how unsafe is it for Windows webserver IIS to have domain privileges

Normally in the past, I've managed that the production server only serves http(s) to the internet, and is isolated from it's database by a firewall which only allows database queries to travel. ...