very basic questions

From: Ernie (ernie@erniebornheimer.com)
Date: 05/30/02 

From: "Ernie" <ernie@erniebornheimer.com>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 10:18:49 -0700

Hello

My company has a web server running IIS on NT 4.0. It serves one web site
and one FTP site. Multiple users upload to the FTP site. I'm being given the
role of admin for this computer with no prior experience. My questions are
these:

Is there a resource (web/book) re IIS administration/security for a relative
newbie?
My main security concerns are:
    1 preventing unauthorized access to any files on the computer (our
website has been defaced once lately)
    2 restricting access to FTP upload to a set of IP addresses or
domains
so I need to find out how to do those things. Suggestions?
What is IIS lockdown? Should I install/run it? If so, where do I get it?
How do I find out more about it?
What's the best/easiest way to stay on top of patches? How do I know which
patches have already been installed and which are needed?
What else do I need to know? What am I forgetting?

Thanks,

Ernie

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