Front Page Server Extensions: Change Port?

22 Mar 2005 6:07 PM

Fao, Sean

Hello,

I started a new ASP.NET Web Service project in VS .NET 2003 on a remote
web server and the only way I could get it to work was by installing the
Front Page Server Extensions on the server. I feel very uncomfortable,
however, because of the insecure nature of the extensions, in the past.
After installing, I realized that the extensions used TCP port 80 for
transmission. Unfortunately, this makes it impossible for me to close
the port at my firewall since this server is used to host our company
web site.

Is it possible to change the port that the Front Page Server Extensions
listen on? Alternatively (and perhaps a better solution), is it
possible to enable FPSE on selected virtual web sites and disable them
for others?

Any other suggestions are welcome.

Thank you in advance,

--
Sean

23 Mar 2005 5:05 AM

Ken Schaefer

What version of FPSE are you using? In IIS Manager (for FPSE2000) you can
choose which websites you want to Configure Server Extensions for, and only
those websites will allow authoring. In FPSE2002 you use the Sharepoint
Administration Site shortcut in your Admin Tools folder, and you choose
which website to extend.

WRT to the port issue: You can always create a second website, that listens
on a different port, which just has the same webroot as the main website.
However, whether you can have VS.NET connect to that alternate port is
another question (I don't think VS.NET supports that)

Alternatively, develop on your local machine, and use some other mechanism
for transferring the files across to your production site.

Cheers
Ken

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: Hello,
:
: I started a new ASP.NET Web Service project in VS .NET 2003 on a remote
: web server and the only way I could get it to work was by installing the
: Front Page Server Extensions on the server. I feel very uncomfortable,
: however, because of the insecure nature of the extensions, in the past.
: After installing, I realized that the extensions used TCP port 80 for
: transmission. Unfortunately, this makes it impossible for me to close
: the port at my firewall since this server is used to host our company
: web site.
:
: Is it possible to change the port that the Front Page Server Extensions
: listen on? Alternatively (and perhaps a better solution), is it
: possible to enable FPSE on selected virtual web sites and disable them
: for others?
:
: Any other suggestions are welcome.
:
: Thank you in advance,
:
: --
: Sean