WebDAV = Directory Browsing Enabled. And now People can li..

External Since: Feb 14, 2008 Posts: 2

So, no more FrontPage Server Extension and now I have to use WebDAV so
that I can publish my website on a W2K3 server running IIS6. In order
to see the content of the folder list, I have to enable the Directory
Browsing but then people on Internet will be able to see a list of the
files when they go to www.mywebsite.com\folder. Isn't that a security
problem? How do I fix that?

External Since: Feb 14, 2008 Posts: 2

I played with WebDAV for a morning. I had to enable it so that Web
Expression can open the website, but then this meaning people on the
internet can browse into the folder and see a list of all files.
Then I gave up and uninstalled it and found and downloaded (as it is
not included in the x64 OS installation) Frontpage server extension
2002 for my webserver running 2003R2 x64. Ended up support for
FPSE2002 is so primitive on x64 platform and it did not work. So I
moved the website to another webserver running 2003R2 x86 and enabled
the FPSE2002 feature and worked out a few bugs (yeah, another evening)
and finally now I can open my web using Web Expression and people on
Internet can't list the folders.

Here is the solution for the error I got with W2K3 R2x86 w/SP2, IIS6,
FPSE2002:
http://www.webservertalk.com/message1229613.html

thank you M$, you gave me so much FUN!