Harden ASP.NET Configuration

From: :: gary :: (gary.bright_at_cisd.panasonic.co.uk)
Date: 05/13/03

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    To: <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:17:59 +0100

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    Hello Everyone

    I'm trying to find explanations for each of these application mappings
    which get installed with .net framework.

    I know its comes down to what the relevant application has been written
    for, but if I knew in what context they would get used in, I believe that
    would help me understand

    I'll also be interested to hear of how other IIS Admins have gone about the
    deployment of the .net framework to a live internet environment, for
    example what advice they can offer me and whether of not they trimmed down
    the application mappings or left them as standard.

    As well trying to build further on my understanding of .NET (from a
    security point of view) the main thing I'm scared of is it that old default
    settings had mappings like

    .htw, .ida, .idq, .asp, .cer, .cdx, .asa, .idc, .shtm, .shtml, .stm,

    Which later on Microsoft provided tools to easily disable them realising
    there mistake of including them by default and while I don't want to Knock
    the efforts MS has put into security recently I can't help feeling that
    they are lining themselves up for kicking have all these mappings for .net
    enabled by default (after the framework install) and providing very little
    documentation for locking down the .NET IIS Configuration (see snip from
    iis5.0 checklist.)

    I know that while it comes down to only enabling the relevant mappings for
    your website I just don't think MS is making that point with the .NET
    framework

    Be Interested in what you think

    Thanks for time

    Best Regards

    Gary

    <SNIP>
    Harden ASP.NET Configuration

    If the .NET Framework has been installed on the system, download and
    install the latest version of the .NET Framework and any service packs.
    Review the configuration of the .NET Framework, and ASP.NET in particular,
    to ensure ASP.NET does not increase your vulnerability to attack.
    </SNIP>

    [.net Application Mappings]

    .asax
    .ascx
    .ashx
    .asmx
    .aspx
    .axd
    .vsdisco
    .rem
    .soap
    .config
    .cs
    .csproj
    .vb
    .vbproj
    .webinfo
    .licx
    .resx
    .resources

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