Ensuring the Security and Availability of ASP.NET Applications

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 with SP1

At this point in the ASP.NET application deployment process, your ASP.NET applications are installed on IIS 6.0, and they are configured to run in the default application pool with the default identity of NetworkService. However, you should take further steps to help ensure that the individual ASP.NET applications are secure. In addition, you can help ensure that if any ASP.NET application fails, the remaining ASP.NET applications remain unaffected.

You can help ensure the security and availability of your ASP.NET applications by completing the following steps:

  1. Follow the recommendations and process steps described in Securing Web Sites and Applications to help ensure the security of the ASP.NET applications running on your Web server.

  2. Follow the recommendations and process steps described in Ensuring Application Availability to help ensure the availability of the ASP.NET applications running on your Web server.