Which Web Server?

By Richard Lowe, Jr.
2003-10-13

Security

The security model of IIS is one of the best ever designed, based as it is upon NTFS (the security model of Windows NT and Windows 2000). This model is far superior to the anything provided with Apache for non-Windows systems. Of course, on Windows, Apache can use NTFS as well.

Of course, IIS has been plagued with a number of vulnerabilities lately, and these are a concern. It's common to patch IIS at least monthly, and to install a new service release (a collection of patches) twice a year. Most of the bugs were worked out of Apache (prior to version 2) long ago. Of course, with the release of version two of Apache you can expect a number of security and other flaws to surface - these are a normal part of a product's life cycle.

Article Pages:
» Introduction
» Ease Of Use
» Security
» Customization
» Efficiency
» Hardware Requirements
» Large Server Farms
» Disaster Recovery
» Language And Other Support
» Stability
» Operating System Integration
» Email
» DNS
» Search Engines
» Conclusions

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