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Microsoft Attempts to Secure IIS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the taking-their-own-sweet-time dept.

billmaly writes: "Yahoo has this article about trying to make IIS more secure. Among steps is to have it install in its most secure state, putting the onus on sysadmins to remove it from that state. It looks like Microsoft may be trying to do the right thing from a security standpoint, at least on paper."

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  1. Two step process? by jlockard · · Score: 2, Redundant

    So, like what are they going to do?

    Step 1: Install IIS
    Step 2: Uninstall IIS

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    --JLockard - "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps." - Emo Phillips
  2. Making IIS secure by Darth+RadaR · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "...it's incumbent on Microsoft, being in the leadership position we're in, to help drive forward the industry in this area,'' Brian Valentine, senior vice president of the Windows Division at Microsoft.

    Which means Microsoft has found someone to steal it from. :)

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    /*drunk.. fix later*/