And form handlers introduce the risk that users can submit commands from within form fields, thus causing programs to run. FrontPage has security settings that help prevent unauthorized programs from running on a server computer. The two main ways to provide security are to authenticate users and give them permissions . Authentication is the process a system uses to verify that a user has authorization to enter the system. For example, when a user logs on to a computer running Microsoft Windows NT Server, the operating system compares the user s name and password against an authorized list of user accounts that is maintained in Windows NT Server.
Permissions is the set of authorizations that specify what an authenticated user can do in a system.
In the case of FrontPage, permissions specify which users can browse, author, and administer a FrontPage-extended web . Set permissions on individual files and folders. Allow or prevent authors from uploading executable scripts and programs. Enable or disable authoring. Log authoring actions.