iis & win98

[Anon]

where can i get iis for win98?

[mithril]

You can't. IIS only runs on the NT family (3.1, 4.0, Win2K, and now XP). You'll either new to use PWS, a scaled down and even less secure version of IIS (which is saying something!!), or grab one of the other servers which will run on Win98. Go to http://www.apache.org/. There's a pretty good reason why Apache has more market share than everyone else combined.

-geoff

[Anon]

Hi,

Is it possible , I have a webserver in some other server and then install php pointing to that server rather than instaiing a webserver in your own pc and having security holes.

thanks
Roy

[ame12]

Or get the free, very tiny BadBlue server (200K download) that can be set up to run PHP in about a minute.

http://badblue.com/helpphps.htm

[mithril]

Afraid that doesn't make much sense.

First of all.... the webserver calls PHP, not the other way around. You can config your webserver to call a remote installation of PHP, but PHP can't initiate and execute code then pass the results to a remote webserver (that would be a HUGE security hole).

Second, ric was asking about installing IIS on Win98. IIS does not run on the Win9x family, NT only. This is a fact that is indisputable.

Finally, if you're concerned about IIS's pathetic security (which everyone should be) the only way to completely secure an IIS installation is to follow Conexant's advice. Install Apache and use that as your world accessible server. If you must run IIS, have Apache forward requests off to an installation of IIS running on your internal network, receive the output from IIS, and pass the that output back to the client. Thus, as far as any worm or person can tell, you're not running IIS at all and Typhoid Mary won't suffer yet another exploit attack.

YAUFS - Yet Another Usless Flash Site
YAISH - Yet Another IIS Security Hole

-geoff