Lockdown mode is a feature that you can use to secure published sites. When lockdown mode is turned on, fine-grain permissions for the limited access permission level are reduced. The following table details the default permissions of the limited access permission level and the reduced permissions when lockdown mode is turned on.

  

 

Permission Default Lockdown

List permissions: View Application Pages

 x  

Site permissions: Browse User Information

 x x

Site permissions: Use Remote Interfaces

 x  

Site permissions: Use Client Integration Features

 x x

Site permissions: Open

 x x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enable lockdown

stsadm -o activatefeature -url <site collection url> -filename ViewFormPagesLockDown\feature.xml

Disable lockdown

stsadm -o deactivatefeature -url <site collection url> -filename ViewFormPagesLockDown\feature.xml