Hi all, In relation to this support article below im just wondering if anyone knows how to find out the method of authentication used on a Windows Server 2003 , any help would really be appreciated.. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908573 Tadhg

Hi, you have to run IIS Manager, expand Web sites, right click on the proper site, choose properties, go on "Directory security" Tab, click on "Edit" button in section "Authentication and access control" and view what kind of authentication is enebled for your web site. HTHEdoardo Benussi - Microsoft MVP Management Infrastructure - Systems Administration https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/Profile/Benussi Windows Server Italian Forum Moderator edo[at]mvps[dot]org

Hi tadhg88, Thanks for posting here. Your question is not clear. There is not a “default authentication method” in windows server 2003 , the supported authentication methods and which method would be used firstly is depend on a particular service . For example ,Kerberos authentication is the default authenticate method that verify user or host identity in active directory service. If you are interesting in which authentication methods that IIS supported on windows serve 2003 , then you might take look the article below: Authentication Methods Supported in IIS 6.0 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc785108(WS.10).aspx Thanks. Tiger LiPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Apologies for not being clear on the question but it wasnt really clear with myself, it is now though thanks to you guys, thanks again for taking the time to answer its appreciated... Tadhg