Resources for setting up an Intranet?

Thanks for the info!

Newbie question: will not forwarding port 80 on my router also block outbound web browsing?

dj

"Tom Kaminski [MVP]" wrote:

 > "dj" <dj.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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  > > I would like to create an Intranet site on my local network.
  > > The network is connected to the Internet via a cable modem router,
  > > but I do *not* want the site exposed to the outside world.
 >
 > Then do not forward port 80 on your router.
 >
  > > Can anyone point me to a good resource or starting point for setting up
 > IIS, network configuration, etc. for this scenario?
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"dj" <dj RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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 > Thanks for the info!
 >
 > Newbie question: will not forwarding port 80 on my router also block
outbound web browsing?

No - that's just for inbound.

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If you do not want your users to visit Internet, you can block outgoing traffic on port 80 (if your router/firewall can do that).

There are other solutions as well, to restrict your users to not be able to browse Internet, if you want to.

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"dj" wrote:

 > Thanks for the info!
 >
 > Newbie question: will not forwarding port 80 on my router also block outbound web browsing?
 >
 > dj
 >
 > "Tom Kaminski [MVP]" wrote:
 >
  > > "dj" <dj RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
  > > news:0C0D2A41-35A0-4624-AD65-633A47742BE9@microsoft.com...
   > > > I would like to create an Intranet site on my local network.
   > > > The network is connected to the Internet via a cable modem router,
   > > > but I do *not* want the site exposed to the outside world.
  > >
  > > Then do not forward port 80 on your router.
  > >
   > > > Can anyone point me to a good resource or starting point for setting up
  > > IIS, network configuration, etc. for this scenario?
  > >
<font color=green>  > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.iisfaq.com/</font" target="_blank">http://www.iisfaq.com/</font</a>>
  > >
  > > --
  > > Tom Kaminski IIS MVP
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  > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.iistoolshed.com/" target="_blank">http://www.iistoolshed.com/</a> - tools, scripts, and utilities for running IIS
<font color=green>  > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.tryiis.com</font" target="_blank">http://www.tryiis.com</font</a>>
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On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 11:47:02 -0400, "Tom Kaminski [MVP]" <tomk (A@T)
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 >"dj" <dj.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
 >news:0C0D2A41-35A0-4624-AD65-633A47742BE9@microsoft.com...
  >> I would like to create an Intranet site on my local network.
  >> The network is connected to the Internet via a cable modem router,
  >> but I do *not* want the site exposed to the outside world.
 >
 >Then do not forward port 80 on your router.

Or use your firewall to control access.

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