whats so good about apache?

[LongCoolMother]

im gonna try to download apache, it just gives me an FTP with a whole bunch of directories. do i just donwload all of those? i cant get IIS FTP to work tho...:\

whats so good about apache though? is it much better than IIS 5.0?

 

[Goosemaster]

It's JUST good...no really...

It supports a lot of things natinely such as Php and such...I don't know alot about it, but it is very secure(only on Unix?linux however). IIS isn't horrible, its just really weak security wise....that is, if you don't know how to administer it...

Think of it this way....

Win2kServer or Adv Server or DATA Center..

Crying baby that needs you constant attention becasue otherwise it will get ringworm(excuse the pun) and malaria(something that rythmes with melissa) if you don't


Unix/Linux(Unix is a pain somethings because of weaknesses as well..damn daemons)..

The hardass baby of a bikergang that won't take s..T from nobody.....and no it won't let the internet violate its policy....

addons are another story(citing the recent problem found with the infamous Squid prxy server..the newest relases fixes this problem...:cool

 

[Nothinman]

IIS requires a lot more knowledge to keep secure. I would give you about 10 minutes before an unpatched/unsecured IIS box gets infected by nimda on the Internet.

Apache is a lot more secure by default, simpler config IMHO, OpenSource (if you care about that).

 

[Bleep]

Apache is by far the best for security. If there appears to be some security issue a fix is found and can be downloaded in a very short time. Microsoft fixes there software whenever they get around to it. Apache is easy to configure, if you want a GUI for it download Comanche. My friend thought being able to serve up his own page was neat so he used Microsoft and within 10 min Nimbda and Code Red was on his machine. It was not patched of course. If you can use wordpad you can configure Apache. It also has a small footprint. I am using apache on win 98se with no problem.
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