NT Web Server Specifics
What web daemon do you use? The web daemon we use here is Microsoft Internet Information Server, version 3.0. Please check the Microsoft site for documentation; it is very extensive. With the new FrontPage 98 extensions installed, creating or modifying a web in the NT environment is as easy as working in your favorite word processor.
How do I password protect certain directories in my web? The procedure is a bit different in NT than in Unix. For you to be able to designate a user as having access to a directory, that username must exist on the system rather than the 'virtual user' system available with .htaccess. Because of this limitation, we will create 4 extra user if you need it at no extra charge. Other users would be the standard $10/quarter. Once created, the easiest method of implementing the password protection is with FrontPage.
What do I use for my default document? Make sure that you use the filename 'index.htm' for your default document - any other filename will result in the appearance that that directory's contents do not exist. If you are using the Frontpage 98 extensions your default document should be defult.htm.
How do I use Secure Socket Layer (SSL)? All that is necessary is to create a directory for your secure documents, notify support@infopg.com of the location of the directory so that we can enable SSL for that directory, and change the references in your HTML documents from http:// to https://. Keep in mind, though, that you will using Infopage's security certificate. This will bring up an unusual message in your browser that says the secure certificate belongs to infopg.com; this is normal.
I don't like the message that appears when I use Infopage's certificate. What can I do? There are basically two ways around this.
Notify your users within your page that your domain is virtually hosted at Infopage Services, or our wholesalers.
Purchase your own certificate from a Certificate Authority such as Verisign or Thawte. The current cost for a Verisign certificate is $290 payable to Verisign; Thawte is only $125, but is only accepted by later browsers (Netscape 2.0+ and Internet Explorer 3.01+). The steps in this process are:
Fax or email support@infopg.com a request to Infopage Services requesting that a key be generated. We will forward a copy of the request to you when we finish generating it.
Go to appropriate Certificate Authority site and fill out the request for a Digital ID for your web server. You will have to paste the request into the form there. I'm not providing a link to the specific page for Stronghold because they have been changing things at Verisign; just make sure you go to the portion for webmasters who are requesting a certificate and choose Microsoft Internet Information Server. IIS 3.0 on Microsoft Server 4.0
When the company sends the final certificate, just forward a copy to Infopage and the finished product will be installed.