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7. Click on „OK‟ to close the properties dialog. The Virtual Directory has been set-up and you can
now test access to it.
8.3.2 Securing the Remote Monitor
It is important to set up proper authentication and security for this web server and virtual
directory. There are three ways to secure the Remote Monitor. These are Basic Authentication,
Digest and Integrated Windows Authentication. Integrated Windows Authentication is the
preferred choice in an Active Directory environment, because it makes the authentication
process seamless, since initially it does not prompt users for their user name or password
information. It uses the current Windows user information on the client computer for
authentication, instead. If you are installing GFI Network Server Monitor on a DMZ, you must use
Basic authentication.
The following steps show how to secure access to the Web based remote monitor.
1. Open up Internet Services Manager. Right click on the Network Server Monitor Remote Monitor
virtual directory under your server web site and select „Properties‟.
2. Under the Virtual Directory tab make sure to deselect Directory Browsing.
Screenshot 125 - Specify default document
3. Select the Documents tab and remove all the default documents. Add the following default
document „index.html‟.
4. Select the Directory Security tab and click on „Edit‟ for the Anonymous access and
authentication control group.
5. Select Integrated Windows authentication (recommended if installed on the internal network)
OR Basic Authentication check box (if installed in the DMZ). Ensure Anonymous access is
deselected.