Actually, there are hard numbers around the place covering the number of
security exploits in IIS vs Apache. One article (
http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?EditorialsID=471 ) includes a
reference from security company Secunia stating that IIS has had 3
security vulnerabilities in the same time that Apache 1.3 has had 15,
and Apache 2.0 has had 24.
The days of IIS being insecure appear to be long gone; MS have clearly
shifted focus to security and it is, IMO, most evident in IIS.
-- trog
---- Original Message ----
From: "Clayton Macleod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: [hlds] Web server
bah, there are no conclusive peer-reviewed numbers anywhere. You can
find just as many 'apache wins' articles as you can 'iis wins'
articles. But there certainly has to be a reason for so many huge
places not using iis...
On 8/4/05, James Tucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
With regard to all the bullcrap about security and performance, I
suggest you all go read some whitepapers and shut up. IIS has been
built in many major environments combining multihomed multifaceted
hybrid database environments and outperformed with massive margins
ALL other competitors - some of the advantages of dynamic algorithms
that are so heavily researched inside of Microsoft coding labs and
FEW OTHER places on the planet. This isn't overly important though,
as there isn't a single person on this list who likely has a clue
what kind of environment I describe. Gaming isn't everything ;)
<snip>
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