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Internet Information Services (IIS)
IIS is a service which is used to host the information over the internet. It
provides
integrated,
reliable,
scalable
and
manageable Web server capabilities over an intranet, internet & Extranet
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Versions of IIS
IIS 2.0 in WinNT 4.0 Operating System IIS 4.0 in WinNT 4.0 (With SP3) IIS 5.0 in 2000 Operating System IIS 6.0 in 2003 Operating System
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Web Servers In Other Operating Systems IIS is also present in 2000 Professional, XP Professional [HTTP & FTP] Millennium Edition [HTTP & FTP] In 98 operating system Personal Web Manager is present serving as Web Server The World Famous Web Server is APACHE Server which is working on Linux Platform Windows
Server
2003
supports
Web
Edition
to
configure Web Server using IIS. This is released to compete with APACHE server.
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New Features Of IIS 6.0
Supports IPv6 Backup & Restoring Web Content is easy Isolation of Users More Secure Environment
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IIS 6.0 Services
World Wide Web (WWW) publishing service (HTTP) File Transfer Protocol (FTP) service Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) service IIS Admin service
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HTTP
World Wide Web (WWW) publishing service Http service is used to publish data to World Wide Web quickly & easily. This protocol is easily configurable and reliable and it supports security and encryption to protect sensitive data Default Port No is 80
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FTP
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) service It is a protocol used to download and upload the files over the internet. Default Port No is 21
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Mail services
IIS also supports E-mail services like NNTP SMTP POP3 IMAP4
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Internet Web server
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Zoom Web Server
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Customer
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Intranet Web server Zoom Web Server
Http://www.zoom.com
Corporate Office Network Customer
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Requirements to Host WEB SERVER
Static IP Address (Public IP if published over Internet) Domain name (Registered Domain name if Published over Internet) Name Resolution Service Like DNS Home Directory Required for each WWW or FTP site Central location of published pages
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Properties of Web Sites WEB SITE: It gives general information of the website i.e., website description, port no, IP Address, log files. PERFORMANCE: It
gives
the
bandwidth
and
the
no.
of
website
connections that can be accepted ISAPI FILTERS: ISAPI filters are programs that responds to events that occur on the server during the processing of an HTTP request.
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Properties of Web Sites HOME DIRECTORY: It gives the location where the web content is stored and allows the redirection of the web site DOCUMENTS: It is the location to add content and also it required to enable footer. DIRECTORY SECURITY: It provides the security based on authentication, Client IP s and secure communications
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Properties of Web Sites HTTP HEADERS: It gives the information of content expiration, content ratings and MIME types. CUSTOM ERRORS: To customized the error messages custom errors are used.
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Virtual Directory
Virtual Directories are sub directories of the root of the site. By using Virtual directories we can create alias or pointer to a directory somewhere else in the system or another system on the network. IIS defines Virtual Directory as pointing to another directory on same server
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Benefits of Virtual Directory
They simplify the web site structure from the users point of view. They permit great flexibility in organizing content They can provide another layer of security because the users can t tell where the content is actually stored.
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