Hi, I wanna share a printer over the internet, I config IIS and IPP and I can see the printer for the web ( on server 2003 ) but I can't connect to the printer it keep asking me username and password I try every username and password I change IIS security and .... But nothing changes Both servers have a valid IP but in a different subnet mask I don't know if it need any route ( I don't have access to any router ) Anyone?

Hi, have you follow the below KB Article for the configuration? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323428 Thamara.

Hi, How to enable HTTPS/SSL encryption for Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). If you use Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) to share or access your printers over the Internet, keep in mind, print jobs aren’t secure. However you can enable encryption by setting up IIS with a security certificate, so you can access the printer via the https address using SSL. First you need to create a self-signed cert using IIS: Open the IIS Manager from the Control Panel. Double-click the Server Certificates icon. Click the Create Self-Signed Certificate link on the right. On the dialog box, enter a name, and click OK. Next you need to create bindings for HTTPS using IIS: On the left Connections list, expand the Web Sites, right-click your site name and select Edit Bindings. On the bindings window, click the Add button. Select https for the Type and choose the certificate name, and then click OK. Remember, you need to make sure port 433 is open by your firewalls. Plus you’ll probably need to set up a port forward on your router to forward traffic on port 433 to the computer that’s hosting the printer. Then access the printer list with https://x.x.x.x/printers (where x.x.x.x equals your Internet IP address). Regards, Sridharan. M

I wanna share a printer over the internet, I config IIS and IPP and I can see the printer for the web ( on server 2003 ) but I can't connect to the printer it keep asking me username and password I try every username and password I change IIS security and .... But nothing changes Not a good idea; sure, you may share a printer over the internet "in the open" and avoid the dialog asking for "user/pass" but then, keep in mind that there are a BUNCH of automated scanners constantly running on network blocks and trying to find "juicy" ports... this means that, if your printer suddenly starts printing all-black pages and goes out of ink/toner in a short timeframe, you'll know who to blame for (yourself); same goes for the "printers used as stepstones"; a lot of printers are, at all effects, computers, so, anyone being able to compromise one of your "published on the internet" printers will then be able to access your network

Hi, Better use VPN connection to access the local resource like printer/ shared folder & file it's more Secureway. Regards, Sridharan. M

have you follow the below KB Article for the configuration? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323428 Yes, that helps configuring the "internet printing", pity it doesn't mention the fact that enabling such a service w/o properly locking it down may have adverse effects on security; sincerely, while the above may be an answer to the OP request, I won't suggest him going on with such a config withouth properly hardening things; there already are a whole lot of compromised systems around used to spread malware, spit out junk-email and so on, and suggesting someone to set up a less-than-safe config isn't exactly a good idea nowadays

Hi, How to enable HTTPS/SSL encryption for Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). If you use Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) to share or access your printers over the Internet, keep in mind, print jobs aren’t secure. However you can enable encryption by setting up IIS with a security certificate, so you can access the printer via the https address using SSL. First you need to create a self-signed cert using IIS: Open the IIS Manager from the Control Panel. Double-click the Server Certificates icon. Click the Create Self-Signed Certificate link on the right. On the dialog box, enter a name, and click OK. Next you need to create bindings for HTTPS using IIS: On the left Connections list, expand the Web Sites, right-click your site name and select Edit Bindings. On the bindings window, click the Add button. Select https for the Type and choose the certificate name, and then click OK. Remember, you need to make sure port 433 is open by your firewalls. Plus you’ll probably need to set up a port forward on your router to forward traffic on port 433 to the computer that’s hosting the printer. Then access the printer list with https://x.x.x.x/printers (where x.x.x.x equals your Internet IP address). Regards, Sridharan. M

I wanna share a printer over the internet, I config IIS and IPP and I can see the printer for the web ( on server 2003 ) but I can't connect to the printer it keep asking me username and password I try every username and password I change IIS security and .... But nothing changes Not a good idea; sure, you may share a printer over the internet "in the open" and avoid the dialog asking for "user/pass" but then, keep in mind that there are a BUNCH of automated scanners constantly running on network blocks and trying to find "juicy" ports... this means that, if your printer suddenly starts printing all-black pages and goes out of ink/toner in a short timeframe, you'll know who to blame for (yourself); same goes for the "printers used as stepstones"; a lot of printers are, at all effects, computers, so, anyone being able to compromise one of your "published on the internet" printers will then be able to access your network

Thank you all