IIS running on localhost only with XP Pro

Hi

I'm running XP Pro, not on a domain or anything. Latest service packs.
I'm using IIS to develop Visual Studio 2005 ASP.NET applications. I
also have Visual Studio.Net/SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 on
this one machine. It is very much a localhost setup.

I want to prevent IIS from going out to the internet. I just want it to
listen locally. How can I do this? Bare in mind that not being part of
a domain and not being a Windows server means I don't have access to
the usual security features.

I want to keep anonymous access for convenience (firewall will
hopefully stop anything untoward).

Can you tell me how to do this?
Can I do this on a per website basis or does the whole of IIS have to
go this way?

Many thanks

Alex

Kristofer
Mon May 01 12:18:02 CDT 2006

Hello,

Windows XP Pro comes with a firewall. Enable that, and IIS will only be
accessible locally, and in addition to that, your machine will be secured!

That is my recommendation.


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Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info


postings@alexshirley.com wrote:

>Hi
>
>I'm running XP Pro, not on a domain or anything. Latest service packs.
>I'm using IIS to develop Visual Studio 2005 ASP.NET applications. I
>also have Visual Studio.Net/SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 on
>this one machine. It is very much a localhost setup.
>
>I want to prevent IIS from going out to the internet. I