IIS 6 in Server 2003

[Heeter]

Hi guys,

I am giving Server 2003 beta a whirl. This is my first try at a server OS. My question is this: What is IIS6, basically. Is it the same as IE6? Is it better than IE6? Thanks in advance. I have noticed that Server is basically the same as XP. I find it faster than Xp.

Heeter

 

[JohnnyGreb]

IIS stands for (I think) Internet Information Server.
Basically it's a web server. Think: "by Microsoft", Think "exploitable"

Seriously, it's very powerful, as it can do ASP pages, etc. But requires quite a bit of tweaking (in my experience) to set up decently and secure.


-JG

 

[Enyo]

You will find it faster to start with, bearing in mind you have given the server so roles and have not background processes on your system!

IIS guide:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/iis/Default.asp

Internet Information Server, much more than just a web server though. Its got HTTP, NNTP and FTP abilities. It is powerful. IIS 5 was a security nightmare but 6 is looking really good.

IE6 is the browser, a client tool. IIS is the server side of the web

JohnnyGreb, tweaking to get secure is not so much in 6 thankfully but i agree 5 was a nightmare!

Securing 5 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/chklist/iis5chk.asp

(god bless IIS lockdown)

Tuning 5:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/iis/maintain/optimize/iis5tune.asp

 

[JohnnyGreb]

Originally posted by Enyo tweaking to get secure is not so much in 6 thankfully

That's good to hear! I'm really not a MS hater.. it's just they have a bad track record when it comes to security...

-JG

 

[Enyo]

Originally posted by JohnnyGreb
That's good to hear! I'm really not a MS hater.. it's just they have a bad track record when it comes to security...

-JG

Can say that again Good work is being done to bring security standards up!

 

[Heeter]

Thanks so much guys, for the info. I am reading up on it now.


Heeter