How do I change the default web page?

From: LinuxMan (LinuxMan_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/20/05 

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:11:04 -0700

My Background: Linux / Netware / Unix
O/S: Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 SP1

Configuration:
* Single NIC
* 3rd party firewall in front of it with port forwarding. Classic DMZ setup.
* firewall is forwarding ports 25/80/443/444 to server
* ran "connect to internet" wizard and set it to "router with ip" mode (i.e.
single NIC) per instructions.
* "publish entire web site" is NOT selected per instructions

Goal: MS Small Biz 2003 has "Sharepoint Services", a prebuilt website which
is pretty cool. We want to:

a) publish a custom home page which should be publicly available
b) have links on the home page to access the sharepoint "mycompany" website
from the internet.

Facts:

a) I replaced "default.htm" in wwwroot folder with custom homepage per
instructions.

b) The "mycompany" website is SSL/password protected on port 444.

c) Everything works fine from behind the firewall. Server delivers
"default.htm" on port 80 and the link to the SSL "mycompany" website on port
444 works fine.

d) When trying to access the "mycompany" website from the internet on port
444, no SSL security certificate gets delived and the page times-out.

d) Server will NOT even deliver "default.htm" to the internet on port 80.
The following error message gets returned: 

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You are not authorized to view this page
The Web server you are attempting to reach has a list of IP addresses that 
are not allowed to access the Web site, and the IP address of your browsing 
computer is on this list. 
Please try the following:
Contact the Web site administrator if you believe you should be able to view 
this directory or page. 
HTTP Error 403.6 - Forbidden: IP address of the client has been rejected.
Internet Information Services (IIS)
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Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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