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Security Strengths and Weaknesses of Two Popular Web Servers

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Overview As the mediator between the business and the world the Web Server that you choose must be completely sound in regards to security. There are not many options when choosing which Web Server package that can be used to transmit company's on-line presence to the rest of the world. There are two Web Server packages in particular that dominate the market for Web Servers. These two Web Server packages are Microsoft's Internet Information Server, and Apache. This white paper provides an overview on the security strengths and weaknesses of two popular Web Servers.

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Publisher	SANS Institute	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	August 2001	Downloads	2
Format	White Papers
Topics	Web Servers

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