This chapter covers configuring and managing an Internet or intranet server for HTTP, FTP, SMTP, and NNTP services and security. You’ll learn how to set up a Windows 2000- based Web server to host Web and FTP sites, act as an e-mail server, and host newsgroups. | Web and FTP Services This chapter covers configuring and managing an Internet or intranet server for hTTp fTp SMTP and NnTP ser- vices and security. You ll learn how to set up a Windows 2000based Web server to host Web and FTP sites act as an e-mail server and host newsgroups. Overview of Web and FTP Server Administration Windows NT provided an extensive range of services for configuring and managing an Internet or intranet server based on Windows NT. Windows 2000 Server expands those services making Windows 2000 an even better platform for distributing Web-based content. This chapter explains each of the services and also examines global issues such as building a management team to manage your servers and the services they provide. Note Because designing and implementing an Internet or intranet server is a complex task that would take its own book to cover in depth this chapter can t cover every facet of IIS. Instead you ll examine the most common issues and learn the procedures you should follow in order to accomplish various tasks. In some cases we ll refer you to other sources of information where you can get more details if you need them. In This Chapter Overview of Internet and Intranet Server Administration Installing IIS Configuring and Managing HTTP Services FrontPage Server Extensions Configuring and Managing FTP Services Configuring and Managing SMTP Services Configuring and Managing NNTP Services 872 Part VI 4 File Print and Web Services Web-Related Services Windows 2000 Server incorporates several services geared toward Internet and intranet clients collectively know as Internet Information Services IIS 4- World Wide Web Server This service enables you to configure Windows 2000 to function as an HTTP server for the World Wide Web WWW . Through this service a Windows 2000 Server computer can host multiple Web sites. The World Wide Web Server is also required by certain other services primarily to provide remote administrative access to the server .
