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This table compares Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0, with other products on the market.

 

FEATURE IIS 4.0 NETSCAPE
ENTERPRISE SERVER 3.01		 APACHE 1.2
Internet services
HTTP 1.1 compliant Yes Yes Yes
Access HTTP Host Headers sites using any browser Yes No No
Integrated SMTP support Yes Requires add-on No
Integrated NNTP support Yes Requires add-on No
Setup and Administration
Setup Wizard Yes No No
Unattended Setup Yes No No
Integrated management console administration Yes No No
Task-based administration Yes No No
Delegation of administration tasks Yes Yes No
Administer a server from any Web browser Yes No No
Administer multiple Web servers from any browser Yes No No
Monitor multiple host machines simultaneously Yes Yes No
Manage multiple Web servers as one server Yes Yes Yes
Command-line administration Yes Yes Yes
Scriptable administration Yes Yes Yes
Configuration backup and restore Yes Yes No
Separate Web site administrators Yes Yes No
Per-Web site applications Yes No No
Limit network bandwidth used Yes No No
Limit network bandwidth by Web site Yes No No
Multiple hardware virtual servers through separate IP address Yes Yes Yes
Multiple software virtual servers through host headers Yes Yes Yes
Integrated directory Yes Requires add-on No
SNMP support Yes Yes No
Windows NT Server performance monitor integration Yes Yes No
Monitor individual Web site performance Yes No No
Logging
Log to any ODBC database Yes No Requires add on
Log multiple servers to a single ODBC database Yes No No
W3C extended log format Yes No Yes
Log with common log format Yes Yes Yes
Log to text file Yes Yes Yes
Writes file security events to the Windows NT Server Event Log Yes No No
Writes application events to the Windows NT Server Event Log Yes Yes No
Custom logging Yes Yes Yes
Built-in log file analysis Yes Yes No
Auto log closing and start new log based on time interval Yes No Yes
Auto log closing and start new log based on log size Yes Yes No
Log to event log or system log Yes Yes No
Developing and Deploying Web-Based Applications
Application and component process isolation Yes No Yes
Built-in support for transactions Yes No No
Integrated support for application message queuing Yes No No
Automatic database connection pooling Yes No No
Language-neutral server-side development Yes No No
Supports any ActiveX scripting language (Visual Basic® Scripting Edition and JScript) Yes No No
Server-side scripting debugger Yes Yes No
Compile-free server-side scripting Yes No Requires add-on
Cross-platform ODBC database connector Yes Yes No
Component load/unload without stopping the server Yes No No
Programmable logging interface Yes No Yes
Java virtual machine for the server Yes Yes No
Support for DCOM Yes No No
CORBA/IIOP support Third-party Yes No
ISAPI support Yes No No
NSAPI support No Yes No
Authentication and Security
Integrated certificate server Yes No No
Windows NT Server security integration Yes No No
Windows NT Server authentication through X.509 certificate Yes No No
Secure Windows NT Server user authentication with encrypted passwords Yes No No
Uses Windows NT Server security ACLs Yes No No
Restrict access by IP address Yes Yes Yes
Restrict access by directory and file Yes Yes Yes
Restrict access by domain name Yes Yes Yes
Restrict access by user and group Yes Yes Yes
Domain blocking by IP address and host name Yes Yes Yes
SSL 2.0 support Yes Yes No
SSL 3.0 support Yes Yes No
Server gated crypto Yes No No
Secure administration Yes Yes No
Basic HTTP user authorization with clear-text passwords Yes Yes Yes
ACLs. Permissions synchronized with directory Yes No No
Content Management
Data replication Yes No No
Custom HTTP headers Yes No Yes
HTTP redirect Yes Yes Yes
Content ratings Yes No No
Content expiration Yes No Yes
Document footers Yes Yes Yes
Custom error messages Yes Yes Yes
Flexible file management Yes No No
Store and serve content from multiple platforms Yes Yes Yes
One-button publishing Yes Yes No
Graphical HTML Web page editing Yes No No
Graphical site map Yes No No
Graphical server key management Yes No No
Graphical file and directory management Yes Yes No
Automatic link validation Yes Yes No
Automatic link recalculation Yes Yes No
HTML page and site wizards and templates Yes No No
Built-in image map handling Yes Yes Yes
Image and document conversion support Yes No No
Query file index using SQL Yes No No
Integrated with Windows NT Server file security Yes No No
Scriptable Yes No No
Programmable Yes No No
Integrated administration Yes Yes No
Automatic ally updates index when a change is made Yes Yes No
Foreign-language support Yes No No
Index document properties Yes Yes No
Linguistic analysis (stemming, inflection) Yes Yes No
Supported multiple document formats Yes Yes No
Query HTML document property meta tags Yes Yes No
Limit queries by directory Yes No No
Query and search with client-side ActiveX Control (ADC) Yes No No
Hit-highlighting Yes Yes No
Return document properties in query results Yes No No
Text operators Yes Yes No
Property operators Yes Yes No
Custom views Yes Yes No
Documentation
Online documentation Yes Yes Yes
Multimedia documentation Yes No No
One-step printing Yes No No
Full-text search Yes No No
Service and Support
Worldwide educational centers Yes No No
Quick Fix Engineering Yes No No
Enterprise 7x24 support Yes No No
Training courses Yes Yes No
Developers network Yes Yes No
Trained and certified network of solution providers Yes Yes No
Priority 7x24 technical support Yes Yes No
Incorporated consulting services division Yes Yes No
Online support Yes Yes Yes