KB193689 - IIS Security: Mapping IDC Reveals Paths for Web Directories

Article ID: 193689

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0

This article was previously published under Q193689

We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx

SYMPTOMS

When an Internet Database Connector (IDC) file returns an error, the error returned displays the full physical path of the IDC file that caused the error.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Information Server version 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

MORE INFORMATION

If an error occurs while browsing to an *.IDC file, it displays the full physical path of the file that caused the error, for example:

Error Performing Query
Error processing file 'c:\inetpub\scripts\samples\test.idc'

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