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Is IIS free?

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Yohhan

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I heard (but find it hard to believe) that Microsoft IIS is free. I checked their website and couldn't find anywhere to download it. Is it true that it's free, and if so, how can I get it? Or am I just gullible?

Thanks.
 
IIS is not available for download. Also, installing it according the links above is a violation of the license agreement for XP Home.
 
Sounds like it is not free. You need to have a liscense for one of the operating systems that are authorized to use it. If you have that, then it does not cost any additional above the cost of the OS.
 
why not use apache
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Apache= 10x more configuable, 50x more secure, If you want to put up a server do a google search for apache triad, you only have to modify 4 lines in the apache configuration to put up your site.

Bleep
 
I've run Apache on NT and Windows 2000. Turned out to be a lot easier to get going than I expected and ran like a champ.
 
Windows XP Home Edition How To -- Look at bottom of page.

"Windows XP Home Edition does not include Internet Information Server (IIS), and IIS cannot run on this version of Windows. To run a personal Web server, you must use Windows XP Professional as your operating system."


Cassini and Apache 101 -- "This article describes how to get ASP.NET up and running on Apache 2.x for Windows"
 
Well, I'm running apache on another machine. But I haven't used IIS before, so I'd l want to take a look at it.
 
Your also limited to 10 connections max when running IIS on 2K Pro, and XP Pro.

Of course if your running a webserver for a high traffic site, you'd be using 2K server, or 2003 server, or 2K Pro/XP Pro with Apache.

IIS is 'free' as it is provided as a feature of Windows Servers.
 
Originally posted by: STaSh
IIS is not available for download. Also, installing it according the links above is a violation of the license agreement for XP Home.
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Actually, the PWS web server for Win95, and the NT4 Option pack with PWS, are actually in fact IIS 4.x. I don't know if they are still available for download from MS though. Considering all of the security issues with IIS, I'm quite surprised that anyone would want to run it.
 
Originally posted by: DaZ
Your also limited to 10 connections max when running IIS on 2K Pro, and XP Pro.
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I wasn't aware of this.... just makes me even more happy to be moving away from MS and to FreeBSD.... not only for my servers.. but workstations too.
 
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