IIS 6.0

[Guest Vinkie]

Hi,

 

I have the following problem:

 

I use https://my-iis-server.domain.com/virtualdirectory to access files

securely from anywhere. I have directory browsing enabled on my

virtualdirectory and when accessing the v-dir I can see all files. I have

*.dat and *.txt files in that dir. If I download (right-click, save as) or

just click on any *.txt file, it opens as expected. Doing the same for *.dat

it gives me error 404 - The page cannot be found. Renaming the *.dat file to

*.txt and retrying https access it worksfine.

 

Similar for ISO files. Renaming to ZIP I can then successfully access it.

 

I found an article about IISLockdown and/or WebExtensions but I am slightly

lost in how to enable successful access to these ('unknown' or

'unregistered') file types.

 

Please help.

[Guest Bernard Cheah [MVP]]

Re: IIS 6.0

 

This is related to MIME types. try

IIS 6.0 does not serve unknown MIME types

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326965

 

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Regards,

Bernard Cheah

http://www.iis.net/

http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/

 

 

"Vinkie" <vinkad@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> Hi,

>

> I have the following problem:

>

> I use https://my-iis-server.domain.com/virtualdirectory to access files

> securely from anywhere. I have directory browsing enabled on my

> virtualdirectory and when accessing the v-dir I can see all files. I have

> *.dat and *.txt files in that dir. If I download (right-click, save as) or

> just click on any *.txt file, it opens as expected. Doing the same for

> *.dat it gives me error 404 - The page cannot be found. Renaming the *.dat

> file to *.txt and retrying https access it worksfine.

>

> Similar for ISO files. Renaming to ZIP I can then successfully access it.

>

> I found an article about IISLockdown and/or WebExtensions but I am

> slightly lost in how to enable successful access to these ('unknown' or

> 'unregistered') file types.

>

> Please help.

>

[Guest Vinkie]

Re: IIS 6.0

 

Great, that was what I was looking for.

 

Tx

"Bernard Cheah [MVP]" <qbernard@hotmail.com.discuss> wrote in message

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> This is related to MIME types. try

> IIS 6.0 does not serve unknown MIME types

> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326965

>

> --

> Regards,

> Bernard Cheah

> http://www.iis.net/

> http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/

>

>

> "Vinkie" <vinkad@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:%23$EG8HFgIHA.1824@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Hi,

>>

>> I have the following problem:

>>

>> I use https://my-iis-server.domain.com/virtualdirectory to access files

>> securely from anywhere. I have directory browsing enabled on my

>> virtualdirectory and when accessing the v-dir I can see all files. I have

>> *.dat and *.txt files in that dir. If I download (right-click, save as)

>> or just click on any *.txt file, it opens as expected. Doing the same for

>> *.dat it gives me error 404 - The page cannot be found. Renaming the

>> *.dat file to *.txt and retrying https access it worksfine.

>>

>> Similar for ISO files. Renaming to ZIP I can then successfully access it.

>>

>> I found an article about IISLockdown and/or WebExtensions but I am

>> slightly lost in how to enable successful access to these ('unknown' or

>> 'unregistered') file types.

>>

>> Please help.

>>

>

>