ArcGIS Server 9.3 Windows Security Requirements Whitepaper

Over the last few weeks I have had a few users asking for detailed security requirements for ArcGIS Server 9.3 running on Windows. As such I wanted to remind everyone of a whitepaper that is published on the Enterprise Resource Centre.

This document provides a list of security settings required for ArcGIS Server implementations. Most customers will not need to refer to this document, as the default installation steps help manage these settings automatically.

This document is primarily for customers who need to manually set security settings in hardened environments.

There are four primary areas of the system that require specific security settings for a successful deployment of ArcGIS Server. These are:

• Users and groups
• DCOM settings
• Local policies
• File permissions

The whitepaper touches on each of these topics and provides detailed steps on how to go about configuring the security for each of these areas. This whitepaper can be downloaded here: http://resources.esri.com/enterprisegis/…

As mentioned above, this document is primarily for customers who need to manually set security settings in hardened environments.