Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) uses a centralized repository known as the metabase to store configuration information for the Web server. In earlier versions of IIS, the metabase was stored as a single binary file readable only by specialized applications. IIS 6.0 introduces an easily readable XML version of the metabase. With this increased transparency, it’s even more important that you configure metabase security options properly to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your IIS servers.

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Published in SearchWindowsServer on 11/11/03