Re: Apache or IIS?

[Aly Dharshi <aly dharshi uleth ca>]

Apache can be patched or there is a module for Frontpage extensions so if you 
really want to use the M$ crap products to do some of your sites then that is 
available. See M$ site for further details.

A statistic suggests that 60% of the world's web servers are running apache. I 
would not really want to run anything like IIS they aren't as secure as your 
friend has made you believe. As well as other people who responded pointed out 
there are a lot more things like LDAP modules for auth, mod for perl etc that 
are useful for doing server side and other various tasks.

IIS may use some VB script stuff which in itself makes things not to great 
security wise. :-)

	Cheers,

	Aly.

Amish K. Munshi wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   Ok, I would say Apache is the way to go, it hosts more sites than any
> other server, it can hosts PHP, and other stuff.
> 	The only reason you would like to go for any microsoft product is easy
> of use (and the easy of falling into trouble). Secondly you have a
> complete microsoft workspace, like office with frontpage so that you
> just need to publish it directly, and other stuff. 
> 	I I recollect, I have read in the documentation that the IIS and PWS
> are for intranet and are not suggected for internet, now when Microsoft
> own docs say that then you really need to reconsider.
>
> Bye.
> On Tue, 2002-08-06 at 23:51, Hal Burgiss wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 10:24:19PM -0700, fred pasteck wrote:
> >
> > > My friend says that Microsoft has a bunch of scripts
> > > that can be run to enable different security features
> > > and lock down IIS making it secure.
> > >
> > > Why isn't these options good enough?
> >
> > Wow.
> >
> > You can't trust MS, but you can at least review Apache code (or find
> > someone you trust who can). When were they ever good at anything
> > related to security? Why would anyone outside a mental institute,
> > think they could? Save the expense of buying K-Y jelly as an added
> > bonus.
> >
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> > Hal Burgiss
> >
> >
> >
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