Several people told me when they tried to access my Home page it was coming
up blank (I could access it with no problems). The Home page was always
titled default.htm Well, my ISP tells me that I had a page that was blank
called default.asp in my directory. He said that had a higher precedence
than my actual home page of default.htm. So he renamed default.asp to
default.asp.bak. Now people can access the Home page. But I still have
questions.

First, how did default.asp get there? My ISP says I placed it there. But it
was not/is not on my local webs.

Second, why does default.asp.bak need to be there?

Could someone have hacked into the site and placed it there?

I don't believe so, the ISP probably made default.asp (Active Server Page)
the default filename for the server so when you browse

www.yoursite.com, rather than www.yoursite.com/index.html for instance, the
index.html page comes up automatically. But it can be whatever the host
sets it. eg default.asp, home.html, index.htm or whatever. there are a
variety of names, it could any all or any of those.

My host for instance has "default.asp" and "index.html" as the default pages
(i use asp so use default.asp).

Your host renamed the file, didn't delete it - I won't do any harm I
wouldn't think. You can delete it yourself if you want.


"red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6065B105-1EAD-40B6-B5E5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Several people told me when they tried to access my Home page it was
> coming
> up blank (I could access it with no problems). The Home page was always
> titled default.htm Well, my ISP tells me that I had a page that was blank
> called default.asp in my directory. He said that had a higher precedence
> than my actual home page of default.htm. So he renamed default.asp to
> default.asp.bak. Now people can access the Home page. But I still have
> questions.
>
> First, how did default.asp get there? My ISP says I placed it there. But
> it
> was not/is not on my local webs.
>
> Second, why does default.asp.bak need to be there?
>
> Could someone have hacked into the site and placed it there?

I still had trouble understanding some of this. To double check I asked my
ISP if it was OK to delete the default.asp.bak file and he said "yes." I know
I didn't make the file. At least the mystery is solved and my home page is
able to be accessed by others now. Thanks for your help.

"Andrew Murray" wrote:

> I don't believe so, the ISP probably made default.asp (Active Server Page)
> the default filename for the server so when you browse
>
> www.yoursite.com, rather than www.yoursite.com/index.html for instance, the
> index.html page comes up automatically. But it can be whatever the host
> sets it. eg default.asp, home.html, index.htm or whatever. there are a
> variety of names, it could any all or any of those.
>
> My host for instance has "default.asp" and "index.html" as the default pages
> (i use asp so use default.asp).
>
> Your host renamed the file, didn't delete it - I won't do any harm I
> wouldn't think. You can delete it yourself if you want.
>
>
> "red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:6065B105-1EAD-40B6-B5E5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Several people told me when they tried to access my Home page it was
> > coming
> > up blank (I could access it with no problems). The Home page was always
> > titled default.htm Well, my ISP tells me that I had a page that was blank
> > called default.asp in my directory. He said that had a higher precedence
> > than my actual home page of default.htm. So he renamed default.asp to
> > default.asp.bak. Now people can access the Home page. But I still have
> > questions.
> >
> > First, how did default.asp get there? My ISP says I placed it there. But
> > it
> > was not/is not on my local webs.
> >
> > Second, why does default.asp.bak need to be there?
> >
> > Could someone have hacked into the site and placed it there?
>
>
>

For each web site hosted on a web server, the web host can provide a list of filenames to be use as
the default document (home page). The server will process this list from top to bottom when someone
accesses your domain, as http://www.yourdomain.com

FP will use the first name in this list when publishing, which in your case is default.asp. Your web
host either needs to move default.asp lower in the list or delete it from the list entirely.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
==============================================
If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
a Service Pack or security update, please contact
Microsoft Product Support Services:
http://support.microsoft.com
If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
==============================================

"red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1D5243C1-E875-4EC1-AC35-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I still had trouble understanding some of this. To double check I asked my
> ISP if it was OK to delete the default.asp.bak file and he said "yes." I know
> I didn't make the file. At least the mystery is solved and my home page is
> able to be accessed by others now. Thanks for your help.
>
> "Andrew Murray" wrote:
>
>> I don't believe so, the ISP probably made default.asp (Active Server Page)
>> the default filename for the server so when you browse
>>
>> www.yoursite.com, rather than www.yoursite.com/index.html for instance, the
>> index.html page comes up automatically. But it can be whatever the host
>> sets it. eg default.asp, home.html, index.htm or whatever. there are a
>> variety of names, it could any all or any of those.
>>
>> My host for instance has "default.asp" and "index.html" as the default pages
>> (i use asp so use default.asp).
>>
>> Your host renamed the file, didn't delete it - I won't do any harm I
>> wouldn't think. You can delete it yourself if you want.
>>
>>
>> "red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:6065B105-1EAD-40B6-B5E5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Several people told me when they tried to access my Home page it was
>> > coming
>> > up blank (I could access it with no problems). The Home page was always
>> > titled default.htm Well, my ISP tells me that I had a page that was blank
>> > called default.asp in my directory. He said that had a higher precedence
>> > than my actual home page of default.htm. So he renamed default.asp to
>> > default.asp.bak. Now people can access the Home page. But I still have
>> > questions.
>> >
>> > First, how did default.asp get there? My ISP says I placed it there. But
>> > it
>> > was not/is not on my local webs.
>> >
>> > Second, why does default.asp.bak need to be there?
>> >
>> > Could someone have hacked into the site and placed it there?
>>
>>
>>

Thomas, I passed that on to my ISP and he said:
"A third option would be for you to make sure that no pages exist in your
web that have a higher priority than your intended entry page."

I just have one more question. I know I never created a file called
default.asp. (This all happened after my ISP had to delete my remote web and
I republished in order to get hit counters to work again.) Default.htm has
always been my entry (or home) page. Could FP on the remote or local machine
automatically create a file with an .asp extention?? My files all have the
extension of .htm. I don't even know how to get a file to be on the remote
with an .asp extension, let alone it be a BLANK page. Please, any more
thoughts on this?


"Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:

> For each web site hosted on a web server, the web host can provide a list of filenames to be use as
> the default document (home page). The server will process this list from top to bottom when someone
> accesses your domain, as http://www.yourdomain.com
>
> FP will use the first name in this list when publishing, which in your case is default.asp. Your web
> host either needs to move default.asp lower in the list or delete it from the list entirely.
>
> --
> ==============================================
> Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
> ==============================================
> If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
> a Service Pack or security update, please contact
> Microsoft Product Support Services:
> http://support.microsoft.com
> If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
> security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
> ==============================================
>
> "red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1D5243C1-E875-4EC1-AC35-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I still had trouble understanding some of this. To double check I asked my
> > ISP if it was OK to delete the default.asp.bak file and he said "yes." I know
> > I didn't make the file. At least the mystery is solved and my home page is
> > able to be accessed by others now. Thanks for your help.
> >
> > "Andrew Murray" wrote:
> >
> >> I don't believe so, the ISP probably made default.asp (Active Server Page)
> >> the default filename for the server so when you browse
> >>
> >> www.yoursite.com, rather than www.yoursite.com/index.html for instance, the
> >> index.html page comes up automatically. But it can be whatever the host
> >> sets it. eg default.asp, home.html, index.htm or whatever. there are a
> >> variety of names, it could any all or any of those.
> >>
> >> My host for instance has "default.asp" and "index.html" as the default pages
> >> (i use asp so use default.asp).
> >>
> >> Your host renamed the file, didn't delete it - I won't do any harm I
> >> wouldn't think. You can delete it yourself if you want.
> >>
> >>
> >> "red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:6065B105-1EAD-40B6-B5E5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > Several people told me when they tried to access my Home page it was
> >> > coming
> >> > up blank (I could access it with no problems). The Home page was always
> >> > titled default.htm Well, my ISP tells me that I had a page that was blank
> >> > called default.asp in my directory. He said that had a higher precedence
> >> > than my actual home page of default.htm. So he renamed default.asp to
> >> > default.asp.bak. Now people can access the Home page. But I still have
> >> > questions.
> >> >
> >> > First, how did default.asp get there? My ISP says I placed it there. But
> >> > it
> >> > was not/is not on my local webs.
> >> >
> >> > Second, why does default.asp.bak need to be there?
> >> >
> >> > Could someone have hacked into the site and placed it there?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

The default.asp was probably created when the host created your new web on
their server.

--

~ Kathleen Anderson
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
Spider Web Woman Designs
web: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/




"red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ADDEE38D-227D-491F-90FC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thomas, I passed that on to my ISP and he said:
> "A third option would be for you to make sure that no pages exist in your
> web that have a higher priority than your intended entry page."
>
> I just have one more question. I know I never created a file called
> default.asp. (This all happened after my ISP had to delete my remote web
> and
> I republished in order to get hit counters to work again.) Default.htm has
> always been my entry (or home) page. Could FP on the remote or local
> machine
> automatically create a file with an .asp extention?? My files all have the
> extension of .htm. I don't even know how to get a file to be on the remote
> with an .asp extension, let alone it be a BLANK page. Please, any more
> thoughts on this?
>
>
> "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:
>
>> For each web site hosted on a web server, the web host can provide a list
>> of filenames to be use as
>> the default document (home page). The server will process this list from
>> top to bottom when someone
>> accesses your domain, as http://www.yourdomain.com
>>
>> FP will use the first name in this list when publishing, which in your
>> case is default.asp. Your web
>> host either needs to move default.asp lower in the list or delete it from
>> the list entirely.
>>
>> --
>> ==============================================
>> Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
>> ==============================================
>> If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
>> a Service Pack or security update, please contact
>> Microsoft Product Support Services:
>> http://support.microsoft.com
>> If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
>> security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
>> ==============================================
>>
>> "red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:1D5243C1-E875-4EC1-AC35-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I still had trouble understanding some of this. To double check I asked
>> >my
>> > ISP if it was OK to delete the default.asp.bak file and he said "yes."
>> > I know
>> > I didn't make the file. At least the mystery is solved and my home page
>> > is
>> > able to be accessed by others now. Thanks for your help.
>> >
>> > "Andrew Murray" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I don't believe so, the ISP probably made default.asp (Active Server
>> >> Page)
>> >> the default filename for the server so when you browse
>> >>
>> >> www.yoursite.com, rather than www.yoursite.com/index.html for
>> >> instance, the
>> >> index.html page comes up automatically. But it can be whatever the
>> >> host
>> >> sets it. eg default.asp, home.html, index.htm or whatever. there are
>> >> a
>> >> variety of names, it could any all or any of those.
>> >>
>> >> My host for instance has "default.asp" and "index.html" as the default
>> >> pages
>> >> (i use asp so use default.asp).
>> >>
>> >> Your host renamed the file, didn't delete it - I won't do any harm I
>> >> wouldn't think. You can delete it yourself if you want.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:6065B105-1EAD-40B6-B5E5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> > Several people told me when they tried to access my Home page it was
>> >> > coming
>> >> > up blank (I could access it with no problems). The Home page was
>> >> > always
>> >> > titled default.htm Well, my ISP tells me that I had a page that was
>> >> > blank
>> >> > called default.asp in my directory. He said that had a higher
>> >> > precedence
>> >> > than my actual home page of default.htm. So he renamed default.asp
>> >> > to
>> >> > default.asp.bak. Now people can access the Home page. But I still
>> >> > have
>> >> > questions.
>> >> >
>> >> > First, how did default.asp get there? My ISP says I placed it there.
>> >> > But
>> >> > it
>> >> > was not/is not on my local webs.
>> >> >
>> >> > Second, why does default.asp.bak need to be there?
>> >> >
>> >> > Could someone have hacked into the site and placed it there?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

The web host is in complete control of this, it is based on whatever filename they have listed as
the first item in the default document list for you web site account. The suggested 3rd option, you
have no control over, as the host is the only one that know the order of the items in the default
document list for each site hosted on their servers. They need to move default.htm to be the first
item in the list, if you are to use default.htm as the default document.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
==============================================
If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
a Service Pack or security update, please contact
Microsoft Product Support Services:
http://support.microsoft.com
If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
==============================================

"red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ADDEE38D-227D-491F-90FC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thomas, I passed that on to my ISP and he said:
> "A third option would be for you to make sure that no pages exist in your
> web that have a higher priority than your intended entry page."
>
> I just have one more question. I know I never created a file called
> default.asp. (This all happened after my ISP had to delete my remote web and
> I republished in order to get hit counters to work again.) Default.htm has
> always been my entry (or home) page. Could FP on the remote or local machine
> automatically create a file with an .asp extention?? My files all have the
> extension of .htm. I don't even know how to get a file to be on the remote
> with an .asp extension, let alone it be a BLANK page. Please, any more
> thoughts on this?
>
>
> "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:
>
>> For each web site hosted on a web server, the web host can provide a list of filenames to be use
>> as
>> the default document (home page). The server will process this list from top to bottom when
>> someone
>> accesses your domain, as http://www.yourdomain.com
>>
>> FP will use the first name in this list when publishing, which in your case is default.asp. Your
>> web
>> host either needs to move default.asp lower in the list or delete it from the list entirely.
>>
>> --
>> ==============================================
>> Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
>> ==============================================
>> If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
>> a Service Pack or security update, please contact
>> Microsoft Product Support Services:
>> http://support.microsoft.com
>> If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
>> security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
>> ==============================================
>>
>> "red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:1D5243C1-E875-4EC1-AC35-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I still had trouble understanding some of this. To double check I asked my
>> > ISP if it was OK to delete the default.asp.bak file and he said "yes." I know
>> > I didn't make the file. At least the mystery is solved and my home page is
>> > able to be accessed by others now. Thanks for your help.
>> >
>> > "Andrew Murray" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I don't believe so, the ISP probably made default.asp (Active Server Page)
>> >> the default filename for the server so when you browse
>> >>
>> >> www.yoursite.com, rather than www.yoursite.com/index.html for instance, the
>> >> index.html page comes up automatically. But it can be whatever the host
>> >> sets it. eg default.asp, home.html, index.htm or whatever. there are a
>> >> variety of names, it could any all or any of those.
>> >>
>> >> My host for instance has "default.asp" and "index.html" as the default pages
>> >> (i use asp so use default.asp).
>> >>
>> >> Your host renamed the file, didn't delete it - I won't do any harm I
>> >> wouldn't think. You can delete it yourself if you want.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:6065B105-1EAD-40B6-B5E5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> > Several people told me when they tried to access my Home page it was
>> >> > coming
>> >> > up blank (I could access it with no problems). The Home page was always
>> >> > titled default.htm Well, my ISP tells me that I had a page that was blank
>> >> > called default.asp in my directory. He said that had a higher precedence
>> >> > than my actual home page of default.htm. So he renamed default.asp to
>> >> > default.asp.bak. Now people can access the Home page. But I still have
>> >> > questions.
>> >> >
>> >> > First, how did default.asp get there? My ISP says I placed it there. But
>> >> > it
>> >> > was not/is not on my local webs.
>> >> >
>> >> > Second, why does default.asp.bak need to be there?
>> >> >
>> >> > Could someone have hacked into the site and placed it there?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

I found out that if I even attempted to save a file named Default.asp on my
local copy, it will ask me if I want to overwrite default.htm, which is my
home page, so there is no way I could have created the Default.asp that
suddenly showed up on my remote server. My ISP had to of created it, but he
won't admit it. If this ever happens again, I will be sure and look for that
..asp file on the remote server and remove it. I'm glad I had others tell me
they were bringing up a blank page for my home page, as I wasn't. I want to
thank everyone for their help on all this!

"Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:

> The web host is in complete control of this, it is based on whatever filename they have listed as
> the first item in the default document list for you web site account. The suggested 3rd option, you
> have no control over, as the host is the only one that know the order of the items in the default
> document list for each site hosted on their servers. They need to move default.htm to be the first
> item in the list, if you are to use default.htm as the default document.
>
> --
> ==============================================
> Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
> ==============================================
> If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
> a Service Pack or security update, please contact
> Microsoft Product Support Services:
> http://support.microsoft.com
> If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
> security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
> ==============================================
>
> "red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:ADDEE38D-227D-491F-90FC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thomas, I passed that on to my ISP and he said:
> > "A third option would be for you to make sure that no pages exist in your
> > web that have a higher priority than your intended entry page."
> >
> > I just have one more question. I know I never created a file called
> > default.asp. (This all happened after my ISP had to delete my remote web and
> > I republished in order to get hit counters to work again.) Default.htm has
> > always been my entry (or home) page. Could FP on the remote or local machine
> > automatically create a file with an .asp extention?? My files all have the
> > extension of .htm. I don't even know how to get a file to be on the remote
> > with an .asp extension, let alone it be a BLANK page. Please, any more
> > thoughts on this?
> >
> >
> > "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:
> >
> >> For each web site hosted on a web server, the web host can provide a list of filenames to be use
> >> as
> >> the default document (home page). The server will process this list from top to bottom when
> >> someone
> >> accesses your domain, as http://www.yourdomain.com
> >>
> >> FP will use the first name in this list when publishing, which in your case is default.asp. Your
> >> web
> >> host either needs to move default.asp lower in the list or delete it from the list entirely.
> >>
> >> --
> >> ==============================================
> >> Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
> >> ==============================================
> >> If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
> >> a Service Pack or security update, please contact
> >> Microsoft Product Support Services:
> >> http://support.microsoft.com
> >> If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
> >> security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
> >> ==============================================
> >>
> >> "red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:1D5243C1-E875-4EC1-AC35-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I still had trouble understanding some of this. To double check I asked my
> >> > ISP if it was OK to delete the default.asp.bak file and he said "yes." I know
> >> > I didn't make the file. At least the mystery is solved and my home page is
> >> > able to be accessed by others now. Thanks for your help.
> >> >
> >> > "Andrew Murray" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I don't believe so, the ISP probably made default.asp (Active Server Page)
> >> >> the default filename for the server so when you browse
> >> >>
> >> >> www.yoursite.com, rather than www.yoursite.com/index.html for instance, the
> >> >> index.html page comes up automatically. But it can be whatever the host
> >> >> sets it. eg default.asp, home.html, index.htm or whatever. there are a
> >> >> variety of names, it could any all or any of those.
> >> >>
> >> >> My host for instance has "default.asp" and "index.html" as the default pages
> >> >> (i use asp so use default.asp).
> >> >>
> >> >> Your host renamed the file, didn't delete it - I won't do any harm I
> >> >> wouldn't think. You can delete it yourself if you want.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> >> news:6065B105-1EAD-40B6-B5E5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >> > Several people told me when they tried to access my Home page it was
> >> >> > coming
> >> >> > up blank (I could access it with no problems). The Home page was always
> >> >> > titled default.htm Well, my ISP tells me that I had a page that was blank
> >> >> > called default.asp in my directory. He said that had a higher precedence
> >> >> > than my actual home page of default.htm. So he renamed default.asp to
> >> >> > default.asp.bak. Now people can access the Home page. But I still have
> >> >> > questions.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > First, how did default.asp get there? My ISP says I placed it there. But
> >> >> > it
> >> >> > was not/is not on my local webs.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Second, why does default.asp.bak need to be there?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Could someone have hacked into the site and placed it there?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

It's possible that it was added there if the "host" installed/activated
ASP (active server pages) on the server.

...PC

red wrote:

> I found out that if I even attempted to save a file named Default.asp on my
> local copy, it will ask me if I want to overwrite default.htm, which is my
> home page, so there is no way I could have created the Default.asp that
> suddenly showed up on my remote server. My ISP had to of created it, but he
> won't admit it. If this ever happens again, I will be sure and look for that
> .asp file on the remote server and remove it. I'm glad I had others tell me
> they were bringing up a blank page for my home page, as I wasn't. I want to
> thank everyone for their help on all this!
>
> "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:
>
>
>>The web host is in complete control of this, it is based on whatever filename they have listed as
>>the first item in the default document list for you web site account. The suggested 3rd option, you
>>have no control over, as the host is the only one that know the order of the items in the default
>>document list for each site hosted on their servers. They need to move default.htm to be the first
>>item in the list, if you are to use default.htm as the default document.
>>
>>--
>>==============================================
>>Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
>>==============================================
>>If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
>>a Service Pack or security update, please contact
>>Microsoft Product Support Services:
>>http://support.microsoft.com
>>If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
>>security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
>>==============================================
>>
>>"red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:ADDEE38D-227D-491F-90FC-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>>Thomas, I passed that on to my ISP and he said:
>>>"A third option would be for you to make sure that no pages exist in your
>>>web that have a higher priority than your intended entry page."
>>>
>>>I just have one more question. I know I never created a file called
>>>default.asp. (This all happened after my ISP had to delete my remote web and
>>>I republished in order to get hit counters to work again.) Default.htm has
>>>always been my entry (or home) page. Could FP on the remote or local machine
>>>automatically create a file with an .asp extention?? My files all have the
>>>extension of .htm. I don't even know how to get a file to be on the remote
>>>with an .asp extension, let alone it be a BLANK page. Please, any more
>>>thoughts on this?
>>>
>>>
>>>"Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>For each web site hosted on a web server, the web host can provide a list of filenames to be use
>>>>as
>>>>the default document (home page). The server will process this list from top to bottom when
>>>>someone
>>>>accesses your domain, as http://www.yourdomain.com
>>>>
>>>>FP will use the first name in this list when publishing, which in your case is default.asp. Your
>>>>web
>>>>host either needs to move default.asp lower in the list or delete it from the list entirely.
>>>>
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>>>>==============================================
>>>>Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
>>>>==============================================
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>>>>a Service Pack or security update, please contact
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>>>>
>>>>"red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>news:1D5243C1-E875-4EC1-AC35-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>
>>>>>I still had trouble understanding some of this. To double check I asked my
>>>>>ISP if it was OK to delete the default.asp.bak file and he said "yes." I know
>>>>>I didn't make the file. At least the mystery is solved and my home page is
>>>>>able to be accessed by others now. Thanks for your help.
>>>>>
>>>>>"Andrew Murray" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I don't believe so, the ISP probably made default.asp (Active Server Page)
>>>>>>the default filename for the server so when you browse
>>>>>>
>>>>>>www.yoursite.com, rather than www.yoursite.com/index.html for instance, the
>>>>>>index.html page comes up automatically. But it can be whatever the host
>>>>>>sets it. eg default.asp, home.html, index.htm or whatever. there are a
>>>>>>variety of names, it could any all or any of those.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>My host for instance has "default.asp" and "index.html" as the default pages
>>>>>>(i use asp so use default.asp).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Your host renamed the file, didn't delete it - I won't do any harm I
>>>>>>wouldn't think. You can delete it yourself if you want.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"red" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:6065B105-1EAD-40B6-B5E5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Several people told me when they tried to access my Home page it was
>>>>>>>coming
>>>>>>>up blank (I could access it with no problems). The Home page was always
>>>>>>>titled default.htm Well, my ISP tells me that I had a page that was blank
>>>>>>>called default.asp in my directory. He said that had a higher precedence
>>>>>>>than my actual home page of default.htm. So he renamed default.asp to
>>>>>>>default.asp.bak. Now people can access the Home page. But I still have
>>>>>>>questions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>First, how did default.asp get there? My ISP says I placed it there. But
>>>>>>>it
>>>>>>>was not/is not on my local webs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Second, why does default.asp.bak need to be there?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Could someone have hacked into the site and placed it there?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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