> Let's be realistic though, the reason they charge $100 > extra is not becuase of security, it's because they > planned on doing this from day one. They offered it > for free to everyone, and when they crushed everyone > else, they come along and charged for the feature that > was once free.
Who got crushed, exactly? I can still download Apache - perfect for CF development - and the price hasn't gone up one bit! In addition, there are plenty of third-party web servers that will run on every MS OS I can think of. I still stand by my contention that IIS isn't an appropriate component for a home OS. I think that recent history has borne that out. If you're a developer, you'll want to use the appropriate tools for a developer. > I am 90% sure also that you can't install IIS on install, > you can only install it after you have installed the > machine. At least that's how it is with Windows 2000 and > I am sure XP would follow the same procedure. That is incorrect, at least with Windows 2000 Server. The IIS installation is part of the OS install, which is why you can so quickly have a vulnerable machine when installing Windows 2000 Server - I've seen machines go from completion of OS install to being successfully attacked by IIS worms in under fifteen minutes. IIS is an operating system component in Windows 2000. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
