Steve Schofield's Blog

A few questions come up in the forums @ http://forums.iis.net about people moving Classic ASP applications that use CDONTS. CDONTS was introduced in NT4 and was widely popular. With the success of ASP applications 'back in the day', many used CDONTS to...(read more)

I've listened to a lot of podcasts and never "until now" did a podcast. Craig Shoemaker approached me about doing a podcast. It was real easy! All I had to do was talk about the subject I've been involved with since December 2005, IIS 7.0. We introduced...(read more)

One of the things I was curious what URLScan actually scanned and how. What is just servervariables or what?! I asked Wade H from the IIS Team for further explaination. It is good to be aware when you are implementing URLScan 3.0 and sql injection rules...(read more)

For those supporting a Classic ASP and ASP.NET application, you probably have noticed an increase in sql injection attempts. Microsoft has released an updated URLScan 3.0. Here is the link to download URlScan version 3 beta for 32 bit or 64 bit . You...(read more)

The sql injection that has came up is affecting several ASP and ASP.NET applications. Although the only way to prevent an attack is validate the code, hopefully these posts will provide some direction. I included some links that discuss this more. http...(read more)

Exciting news for IIS 7.0 users. MS has released the much anticipated URL Rewrite module. Here is a post on it. http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/460/using-url-rewrite-module/ Download the x86 CTP version for IIS 7.0: http://www.iis.net/downloads/default...(read more)

I'm not sure if humans are supposed to remember command line syntax. For me, the most frustrating part is remembering the syntax of a certain command line option. To help me remember these for future use, and hopefully share with the community. I created...(read more)

Whoo hoo! DFS replication is available on web edition. This will make shared config and local contention replication possible on web edition. This is a HUGE deal. http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/archive/2008/05/14/installing-dfs-replication-on-windows...(read more)