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Microsoft IIS v7 Details Emerge

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the noting-the-future dept.

daria42 writes "According to several .NET and Longhorn bloggers, the next version of Microsoft's IIS web server will integrate ASP.NET and turn many core features into optional modules in order to provide a smaller security footprint for hackers to attack. In addition, the software's admin tool has been completely revamped, and will allow Web-based remote administration utilising SSL."

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  1. Re:oxymoronic? by nocotigo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Mod parent up, that's what I was about to say.

  2. Longtooth will emerge in 2019. by rice_burners_suck · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    IIS web server will integrate ASP.NET and turn many core features into optional modules in order to provide a smaller security footprint for hackers to attack

    Oh, so they'll integrate MSIE 7, Windows Media Player, and Clippy the talking paperclip into the core of IIS web server. That sounds like an excellent security policy to me!