Re: Can't download exe's from my own site

From: EagleTender (EagleTender2001@yahoo.com)
Date: 06/05/02 

From: "EagleTender" <EagleTender2001@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 17:02:52 -0500

That did it! Thanks. Second question: I removed the .exe from the
urlscan.ini file in the DenyExtensions section, however does this now allow
users to run executables also? I dont' want them to execute them, I want
them to only download them. Is there a way to turn one feature off without
the other? Even though I have Execute Permissions to None, it still lets
users run an executable unless I put the exe back in the DenyExtensions.

<jcochran at naplesgov dot com (Jeff Cochran)> wrote in message
news:3cfd1eb4.2096995@news.supernews.com...
> >My company has an internet site that is used primarily for users of our
> >program to download information, documents, etc. Most of these downloads
> >are in a self-extracting zip file, and recently we discovered that we
cannot
> >download these files. We receive the Page Not Found error. I know the
> >files are there, and if I rename them and change the link accordingly, it
> >works fine. The only thing I can think of that we changed recently is
> >applying the ms02-018 patch, I do not see anything in that patch that
would
> >have changed this ability. Does anyone else have this problem, or does
> >anyone have an idea of why this would be, and what I can do to fix it?
We
> >are not trying to execute these files, simply download them (although I
did
> >change the Execute Permissions to include executables to see if that
would
> >make a difference).
> >
> >Our firewall is maintained by someone else, could it be something in the
> >firewall?
>
> By default, transfer of EXE files is denied using URLScan and by using
> the lockdown tool to install it. Check the documentation on how to
> reverse the process and you should be fine.
>
> Jeff

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