>>If you use this method of authentication on NT, cant you run into problems
with shortages of client licences... - I believe NT Server only comes with 5
client licences, which means no more than 5 simultaneous logins unless
addittional licences are bought...
Yeh I guess so, but the following from The MS guide to NT4 licensing is
interesting:
"A Windows NT Server-based network provides the following basic network
services:
File Services (accessing or managing files, or accessing or managing disk
storage)
Printing Services (sharing and managing printers)
Macintosh connectivity (file sharing and printing services)
Remote Access Services (accessing a server from a remote location through a
communications link, including the use of Internet Connection Services)
Message Queue Server (sending or receiving messages from Message Queue
Server)
Transaction Server (invoking component-based applications managed by
Transaction Server)
Terminal Server functionality (utilizing Windows NT Server to display or
use Windows-based or Windows NT-based applications on a device)
A Windows NT Server license is required for each server on which the server
software is installed. The server license for the standard edition allows
the server software to be used by no more than four processors of the server
at any one time. In addition, a CAL for Windows NT Server is required for
each device that will be accessing or otherwise using the basic network
services noted previously, either with Microsoft client software or with
third-party software.
Windows NT Server includes support for telnet and ftp protocols that are
often used as a means to connect to an Internet server hosted on Windows NT
Server. Use of Window NT Server file services through telnet and ftp
connections does not require a Windows NT Server CAL. Windows NT Server also
has several component features including Internet Information Server, Index
Server and Certificate Server. Accessing or using these functions alone does
not require a CAL, but using them in conjunction with any of Windows NT
Server�s basic network services would require a CAL.
(this also applies to Transaction Server. JW 13/8/99)"
As it states in the last paragraph IIS used as a web server requires an NT
server license and no CALs.So if we secure our website using NT Challenge
Response then we are doing nothing different to what IIS does (it uses a
internet guest account to access the file system) - does that mean we don't
need CALs??
Cheers,
Marc
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