IIS 6 Administration

Mitch Tulloch

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Dedicated to myself—why not?

About the Author

Mitch Tulloch, MSCE, is a consultant, trainer, and author of over a dozen computing books including Administering IIS 4, Administering IIS 5, Administering Exchange Server 5.5, and Administering Exchange 2000 Server, all from Osborne/McGraw-Hill.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Franny, Martin, Julie, Jessica, and the rest of the team at Osborne/McGraw-Hill (www.osborne.com) for their tireless editorial work in helping me write this, my seventh book, for Osborne.

Thanks to Patrick Santry who as technical editor made many helpful comments and suggestions.

Thanks to Neil Salkind my friend and agent, and to the whole crew at Studio B (www.studiob.com).

Thanks to MTS Communications Inc. (www.mts.ca) for providing Internet services and web hosting for my company (www.mtit.com)

And thanks to Ingrid, my wife and colleague, for her support, encouragement, and patience as I worked on this project.