how to configure iis 5.1 to allow only localhost or 127.0.0.1?

Question

In our company iis 5.1 in developer's machine(windows xp) is configured in such way that it will not accept any requests other than localhost or 127.0.0.1. That means if I have a default.htm in page in the root, I can only access this as http://localhost/default.htm or http://127.0.0.1/default.htm. If access this site as http:///default.htm, I will get http 403.6 IP address rejected error. I understnd this is done so that websites in a developer machine cannot be accessed from any other machine with in the company.

I would like to know how to configure IIS5.1 like this?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Change the IP of the default binding of the website from "*" to "127.0.0.1". Since localhost resolves to 127.0.0.1, it's also covered.

Answer 2

Right click the website you are configuring. Go to properties, and open the directory security tab. There is a section called IP address and domain name restrictions. Click Edit. Change the 'By default, allow all computers will be: Granted Access to Denied Access. then, add 127.0.0.1 to the Except the following: list.