Appendix A: Comparison of IIS 5 and 6

The following table compares the features of IIS 5 and 6 by highlighting some of the key differences between the two platforms. For example, while both platforms support 32-bit processor architecture, only IIS 6 supports 64-bit Itanium processors, so only this difference is highlighted.

Feature

IIS 5

IIS 6

ACLs on web content

 

IUSR account has Deny Write

Application model

In-process, pooled process, or isolated processes

Multiple application pools

ASP.NET

 

New

Passport authentication

 

New

CDONTS

 

Replaced by CDOSYS

Clustering

IISsynch.exe

Windows clustering

Fortezza

 

Removed

Hardware architecture

 

Supports 64-bit

Host process

DLLhost.exe

w3wp.exe

HTTP routing

Inetinfo.exe

Http.sys

Isolation mode

IIS 5

Worker process and IIS 5

Metabase

Binary

XML

Sample content

 

Found in IIS 6 Reskit

Script engines

 

Disabled by default

Security

IIS Lockdown Wizard

Web Service Extensions

Timeouts and Limits

Aggressive to repel DoS

 

Web gardens

 

New

Web permissions

 

Script source access (new)

WMI support

 

New




IIS 6 Administration
IIS 6 Administration
ISBN: 0072194855
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 131
Authors: Mitch Tulloch

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