Microsoft stands by IIS, despite Gartner recommendation
Posted by: david on 09/27/2001 - 09:35 PM
[excerpt] According to the advisory from Gartner -- which is based in Stamford, Connecticut -- the success of the Nimda worm and of Code Red before that "highlights the risk of using IIS and the effort involved in keeping up with Microsoft's frequent security patches."
Such constant patching and maintaining has resulted in a high cost of ownership for IIS, he said. For that reason, Pescatore recommended that enterprises hit by both Nimda and Code Red look at alternatives such as Sun Microsystems Inc.'s iPlanet and the Apache Web server software.
Such constant patching and maintaining has resulted in a high cost of ownership for IIS, he said. For that reason, Pescatore recommended that enterprises hit by both Nimda and Code Red look at alternatives such as Sun Microsystems Inc.'s iPlanet and the Apache Web server software.