That sparked my curiosity, so here is the answer, straight from the evil empire!
http://tinyurl.com/61kz > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 5:32 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: IIS Authentication > > > > Dave, I didn't know you could run CFMX as an extension. > > What are the differences between doing it that way and > > running it as a filter? Where can I learn more? We have > > ours running as a filter (that's how its installed), > > and it seems to be handling the file permissions okay. > > Well, to be perfectly honest, I don't know what all of the practical > differences might be. In general, an ISAPI filter runs at the beginning of > IIS's handling of a request, while an ISAPI extension runs later in that > process. For example, if you use URLScan, that's an ISAPI filter > which runs > before IIS hands the request to CF or ASP or whatever. I don't know enough > about ISAPI to comment further on that. > > When you run the wsconfig utility, it gives you the choice > between using an > ISAPI filter and an ISAPI extension. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
