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Microsoft Releases IIS FastCGI Module

Posted by kdawson on from the smells-like-coexistence dept.

Marcy writes "Microsoft has just announced the final release of the IIS FastCGI module for IIS 5.1 (XP), 6 (2003), and 7 (2008). This FastCGI module was built with collaboration from Zend, the creators of PHP, and is intended to solve the CGI on Windows problem." It's free as in beer.

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  1. Zend + MS by thatskinnyguy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This FastCGI module was built with collaboration from Zend, the creators of PHP, and is intended to solve the CGI on Windows problem. Glad to see that we all can get along.
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  2. Re:Why bother? by El+Lobo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The only problem is that IIS7 and even II6 have so few critical vulnerabilities that Apache IS a nightmare in comparation. let's no talk about text file configuration....

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  3. Re:Why bother? by sydb · · Score: 4, Insightful
    What's wrong with text file configuration? Some people happen to like it. For good reasons, like:

    • you see your config right there in front of you
    • you can do scripted configuration using standard unix tools
    • you can archive config files and see what they do just by looking at them
    • you can run diffs against configs
    • you can adopt your own standards for commenting changes
    • you can put your config in an SCM tool


    Just because you don't know how to do it doesn't mean it's not a huge advantage for those of us who do.
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    Yours Sincerely, Michael.