Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0 Unleashed, 2nd edition
Authors: Arthur E. Knowles
Venue:  (1996)

From the Book:This book explains how you can use Microsoft Internet Information Server in the real world_ with special emphasis on using the Internet Information Server to publish information on the World Wide Web. Microsoft Internet Information Server 3 Unleashed is designed for the intermediate to advanced reader (network administrators, network supervisors, upper- management personnel, and so on) and covers the basic concepts required for connecting your Microsoft Network to the Internet. The book highlights some of the more arcane aspects of the Internet and includes plenty of information on daily maintenance, troubleshooting, and problem solving. This book uses step-by-step procedures interspersed with figures captured from the actual tools and fulfills the following needs: Prepares you to use the Microsoft Internet Information Server as a tool to enter the world of unlimited connectivity on the Internet. Prepares you to set up and administer an Internet Information Server site using the Internet Service Manager. This book includes information and sample code that enable you to use the Index Information Server to index your Web server and provide a real- time search engine interface for your users. The book explains how to use Crystal Reports to determine who is using your site - and its most popular pages_ and also explains how to use HTML pages to display real-time Web site statistics. Prepares you to publish on the Internet using Microsoft Windows NT Server and the tools provided by the Internet Information Server, including NetShow Live - to multicast live audio streams - and Active Server Pages - to build dynamic content. The book alsodiscusses various third-party tools you can use to build Web pages. Provides information and sample code that enable you to build Web pages that interact with the user) using VBScript or JavaScript, or with your ODBC databases, using the Internet Database Connector or Microsoft dbWeb. This book includes information on how to customize your Web server using the Internet Information Server SDK and CGI scripts. Prepares you to deal with issues relating to Internet security. The book describes how to use Windows NT Server as a mini-firewall to prevent unauthorized access to your network and also how to use and configure the Microsoft Proxy Agent for full-service. Conventions Used in This Book This book uses the following conventions: Menu names are separated from menu options by a vertical bar (|). For example, File | Open means "Select the File menu and choose the Open option." New terms appear in italic. Placeholders (words that stand for what you actually type) in regular text appear in italic. All code appears in monospace, as do filenames and directory names. Placeholders in code appear in italic monospace. When a line of code is too long to fit on one line of this book, the code is broken at a convenient place and continued to the next line. The continuation of the line is preceded by a code continuation character. You should type a line of code that has this character as one long line without breaking it.