Internet Information Server Authentication

Internet Information Server enables you to control access to your information site by using Windows NT user accounts. The following sections describe:

• The user account created by Internet Information Server.
• The effect of a server's role on the IUSR_computername account and the effect of domain-based security on user accounts used by Internet Information Server.
• Typical security scenarios for intranet and Internet sites that use Internet Information Server. The security scenarios include anonymous access, Basic authentication, and Windows NT challenge/response (secure) authentication.