>I just did a quick test with CF5/IIS5 and this approach appears to work for
>me. I created a directory on an existing web site and then in IIS an
>application with the extension * mapped to C:\CFusion\bin\iscf.dll. If I
>request an existing file in the directory, for example "test.gif" or
>"test.pdf" it fires application.cfm. Of course, if a file _doesn't_ exist,
>CF throws a 404 error.
Huh--I was testing with CF6/IIS5 and couldn't get it to work.
>There are also third-party ISAPI filters you can add to your application that
>will authenticate against, for instance, an ODBC database. Then I think
>you'd want to scrap the CF authentication altogether so that you don't force
>users to login to two different authentication systems. And you won't have
>to worry about using CF to serve up the text, pdf, graphic files.
>
>For example:
>
>http://www.iismods.com/iis-authentication/
That looks straightforward and promising. Thank you very much Jim.
Conan
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