Which Web Server?

By Richard Lowe, Jr.
2003-10-13

Language And Other Support

IIS and Apache both support CGI, SSI and PERL (ActivePerl on IIS is excellent). IIS natively supports ASP and I'm sure you could find PHP if you looked (I have not). Apache tends towards PHP, although you can install something like Chilisoft ASP if you want.

CGI, SSI and PERL are performance hogs and security nightmares in both web platforms.

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