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Q326089: HOW TO: Enable Kerberos on a Non-DC for IIS Web Applications

Article: Q326089
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbHOWTOmaster
Last Modified: 02-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.1 
- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 
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IN THIS TASK
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- SUMMARY

   - Enable Delegation on Domain Controllers
   - Test FQDN Name Resolution on IIS

- REFERENCES

SUMMARY
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This step-by-step article describes how to enable Kerberos on an Internet
Information Services (IIS) computer that is not running as a domain controller.
By default, domain controllers have Kerberos enabled to do many of the security
functions in the Active Directory domains. However, IIS member servers are not
enabled to communicate by using the faster, more secure Kerberos protocol.

Enable Delegation on Domain Controllers
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1. Click Start, point to Programs, click Administrative Tools, and then click
  Active Directory Users and Computers.

2. Under Computers Organizational Unit, click to select the name of the IIS
  server.

3. Right-click the server name, and then click Properties to open the computer
  properties for the IIS computer.

4. On the General tab, click to select Trust Computer for Delegation, and then
  click Apply.

NOTE: Enabling your IIS server for delegation does introduce possible security
concerns, as noted in the warning on the General tab. This delegation permits
services that run in the context of the system account to request information
from remote services. This is enabled because Kerberos is a mutual
authentication protocol, that is, it verifies the client and server
credentials.

Test FQDN Name Resolution on IIS
--------------------------------

For Kerberos to work, all communication must use a fully qualified domain name
(FQDN). To make sure that IIS can be reached with an FQDN, follow these steps:

1. On the domain controller, open a command prompt. To do this, click Start,
  click Run, type "CMD" (without the quotation marks), and then click OK.

2. At the command prompt, type "ping <fqdn>" (without the quotation
  marks), and then press ENTER. For example:

  ping webserver01.mydomain.ms.local

If the operation is successful, the system replies with a readout that states
that the system successfully communicated during all 5 attempts.

If these steps do not work (that is, if the ping operation is unsuccessful), use
the articles that are listed in the "References" section to troubleshoot network
Domain Name System (DNS) issues. For Kerberos to work as designed, DNS
resolution must be working correctly on your network.

REFERENCES
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For additional information about DNS troubleshooting, click the article numbers
below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q300986 HOW TO: Diagnose and Test TCP/IP or NetBIOS Network Connections in
  Windows 2000

  Q316341 HOW TO: Troubleshoot DNS Name Resolution on the Internet in Windows
  2000


For additional information about Kerberos, click the article numbers below to
view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q287537 Using Basic Authentication to Generate Kerberos Tokens

  Q283201 HOWTO: Use Delegation in Windows 2000 with COM+

  Q266080 Answers to Frequently Asked Kerberos Questions

  Q282189 Error 0x800706D5 from ASP When Calling OOP Component with Delegation
  Security Level

  Q314404 HOWTO: Use Kerberos with the ServerXMLHTTP Component in MSXML


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbHOWTOmaster 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis500 kbiis510
Version           : :5.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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