I got you - I thought you were going to remove the mapping from the root
site and the allowed Web Service Extensions.  Removing from the other sites
should work just fine as long as no one else allows is allowed to modify
them :)

If you're really concerned about security, you can also secure it using NT
authentication by creating a separate application pool and giving it a
different identity than the default.  Then you can secure your CFMX and web
root directories so that only that identity has the rights to read them.
Then you configure your site to use that app pool and the CFMX Service to
use that identity.  

That's obviously a much more complex solution and can be a PITA to set up,
but if you're truly paranoid, it can be worth the effort.

Roland

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Dawson, Michael
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 9:33 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [CFCDev] Load Balancing CF7 Standard on Windows 2003

Thanks, Roland.

I am the *only* CF developer on campus.  Our new IT mgt is wanting to
put a bunch of other web sites on the same server that currently houses
*only* our intranet (cf-based) and our internet (asp-based) sites.

I don't want any other sites, other than the ones I develop, to be able
to run CF pages.  Mainly because of the single instance and the lack of
sandboxes.

I had planned on removing the cfm mappings on the "other" web sites just
so they can't actually run *any* CF code at all.

What do you suggest so that no one else can execute any cfm pages?

Also, do I need to worry about the FileSystemObject?  I certainly don't
want anyone to get into my files using any other technology.

I have gone from a comfortable dedicated server to a scary shared
server.

Thanks
MAD 

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Roland Collins
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 7:16 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [CFCDev] Load Balancing CF7 Standard on Windows 2003

That's exactly the configuration we run, with several servers in the WLB
cluster.  It works (and has worked) perfectly for us for four or more
years.
As long as you don't mind using affinity, which is required if you use
CF Sessions, you shouldn't have any problems.

Removing the cfm mapping could cause problems - IIS needs to know how to
process that file in order to call CF.  Why would you want to remove the
mapping?  There are other (better) ways of preventing other sites from
accessing a given site on IIS.

Roland


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