title: Does SharePoint 2007 use FrontPage Extensions?
body: <p>An automated security scan was performed on my WSS 3.0 site and it came up with some warnings based on the apparent presence of FrontPage Extensions. Namely it found files like /_vti_pvt/service.cnf, /_vti_pvt/services.cnf, and /_vti_bin/_vti_aut/author.dll by appending those locations to the site's main URL over the web. These are apparently related to FrontPage Extensions. I have confirmed that the files exist and can be accessed over the web.</p>
  
  <p>What exactly are these files for? Are they, indeed, related to FrontPage Extensions (which apparently has suffered from many security shortcomings in the past)? Can they be removed or disabled somehow?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update:</strong>
  I have removed read permissions to those directories under my SharePoint web site in IIS. They no longer serve over the web, but the site seems to function normally. So if anyone has an apparent security vulnerability from these files, a possible option is to remove the read permissions.</p>
  
  <p>I have not tried to connect with SharePoint designer.</p>