Discussion Web in FrontPage Server Extension May Cause IIS to Stop Responding (215485)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows

This article was previously published under Q215485

We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx

SYMPTOMS

Internet Information Server (IIS) may stop responding when you use the discussion Web in the FrontPage Server Extensions.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because of a problem in the discussion Web where the vti_discussionlinks directive in the Tocproto.htm file is altered. This causes the Inetinfo process to go into a recursive loop and eventually the IIS computer stops responding.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date       Time     Size      File Name     Platform
   -----------------------------------------------------
   01/06/99   06:05p   709,392   Fp30wel.dll   x86

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Internet Information Server version 4.0.

This problem has been fixed in the Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions.

MORE INFORMATION

The fix is to properly handle the Tocproto.htm file even when the Tocproto is missing.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/22/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbQFE KB215485