Unless you know exactly what the lock down tool will do I wouldn't recommend using it. A better idea is to familiarize yourself the extensions, permissions etc and do it yourself.

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On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 07:45:11 -0400, Lofback, Chris wrote:
>�In fact, Microsoft urges web admins to remove any unused extensions
>�and the IIS Lockdown tool will do much of that automatically, at
>�least in IIS 5.
>
>�Chris Lofback
>�Web Administrator
>�Ceridian Benefits Services
>�3201 34th Street S.
>�St. Petersburg, FL 33711
>�727-395-8881
>�-----Original Message-----
>�From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>�Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 4:37 PM
>�To: CF-Server
>�Subject: IIS performance
>�In IIS there are a number of extensions that IIS handles. cfm, asp,
>�etc. I'm assuming most of them can be removed if not being used
>�(like
>�the asp one), but I'd like to hear from someone more knowledgeable
>�about what should be removed, what could be removed and what must
>�stay.
>�Thanks

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