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eWeek: Apache 2.0 Trumps IIS
AK47 writes "eWeek has a very positive review of Apache 2.0, entitled "Apache 2.0 Beats IIS at Its Own Game." They recommend the native Apache version on Windows over IIS for production use, citing superior security with no loss in performance."
...Duh!
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
ZDNet officially confirms: IIS is dying
if only...
Yeah but, unless you hire an 'expensive expert' you can't write off the investment in apache. Thats the problem with free software.
heh. nevermind.
air and light and time and space
Downside
The practical ramafication is that users will no longer see something like "F*** PoisonBox!" when they visit that company's web site...
should've been Apache 2.0 scalps IIS...
"Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true." - Homer Simpson
well we all know it is not about security
This must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
I would have to say quite the opposite about trying to admin an IIS machine, you want to change a simple setting? Expect to spend half an hour navigating menus till you find the setting hidden in some illogical unexpected location. Meanwhile to change the setting on almost any open source software package, just grep the config file(s) and you'll find where the option you want is within a couple of seconds.
:)
He's right. Exchange is the worst for that! Sendmail config files are simple compared to that beast!
apt-get install apache
Then some minor and I mean minor configuration and you have a webserver that is more robust and secure then IIS.
You need php support?
apt-get install php4
Follow installation script.
Man that's hard!
:-)
Maybe I'm just spoiled because I use debian.
Instead of "Apache beats IIS at its own game", they could've said "Apache beats IIS at the not-getting-0wned game". :)
Slashdot: come for the pedantry, stay for the condescension.
C:\Program Files\Apache> apt-get install apache
'apt-get' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\Program Files\Apache> apt-get install php4
'apt-get' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
So I now have apache with php support?
It really is a shame that tools like that don't just work on Winders. Then again
apt-get install secureMSwebserver
would probably crash the OS.
I've also never been all that impressed with the MS config tools using MS specific terminology which I have to look up in help files to figure out what they're talking about
Yeah, I know the feeling. Here, I'm in the IIS admin applet right now. Let's see if some of these are giving you trouble:
"TCP Port" That's a toughie.
"IP Address" Ouch it's gettin' harder.
"Home Directory" Oooh shiiiit... what was that again?
"Read/Write/Allow Directory Browsing" Directory Browsing? Is that like uh, ls?
"Execute permissions: Scripts/Scripts and Executables/None" Huh? You mean like Apache.exe? What's an executable?
"App Protection: Isolated/Pooled/In-process" Oh man, you like, have to be an uber-geek to figure that one out!
"Default document" What's index.htm do? I forgot. And what's this index.asp stuff anyway? Is it like PHP or perl or something?
"Document footer" Footer? Hah! Sounds like cooter! It must be one of those dirty Easter eggs that MS puts in their programs! Or maybe it has something to do with shoe size.
"IP Address and Domain restrictions" Uhh, what's an IP address again?
"Authentication Control" Who is this "anonymous" person and what does he have to do with IIS? Is he related to that Anonymous Coward guy?
"MIME Types" Heh, I hate mimes too. Reminds me of the good old days in the park.
"Custom error pages" Wots a 404?
Yes, this "MS Specific terminology" is sure a killer, all right. Man, if I got a hold of Bill Gates I'd let him have it with him inventing terms like "IP Address," "MIME type," and "executable." And that "home directory" stuff is just going too far.
I have read a number of things about IIS6: mostly that it is a from-scratch rewrite, with a particular eye on security. Also you can assume it'll perform pretty well.
Why should we assume this? Given the track record, it's like "expecting" Hulk Hogan to beat The Rock.
- A.P. (christ, i feel so rednecky)
"Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
"..with a particular eye on security"
.. you would think MS would make use of two eyes instead
ohhh, so thats why iis is so unsecure, it ony has one eye!
[alk]
Yea, but do they have a slider that you can drag to the right to optimize the web servers performance?
Does IIS still have that? Surely that was a joke that got left in by accident or it was at least mislabelled since there was no reason to have the bar to the left.
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We are small and busy and don't necessarily have 100% to give to keeping up with patches and MS Critical Updates
Hey, what's your IP?
C-X C-S
I always got lost in httpd.conf till I piped it through grep -v ^#