| Following fierce criticism of the security of its products, Microsoft has 
launched a brace of new, downloadable tools designed to reduce IIS 
vulnerabilities, while helping administrators to keep on top of essential 
security fixes. But analysts warn the server security tool may compromise 
functionality in the name of security. The
IIS Lockdown tool is designed to address vulnerabilities associated with 
printing and scripting features in IIS Web Server 4.0 and 5.0, by automatically 
configuring Web servers to provide only the services that administrators 
require. This reduces the ability of viruses and worms to infect machines 
through inactive functions. |