Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Resource Kit
by Olga M. Londer Mike Volordarsky Brett Hill, Bernard Cheah, Steve Schofield, Carlos Aguiar Mares, Kurt Meyer, and Microsoft IIS Team
Planning the Installation
IIS 7.0 has a modular architecture that enables you to customize exactly which features are installed and run on the Web server. The Web server features are now separated into more than 40 modules that can be independently installed, enabling you to greatly reduce the potential attack surface. (See Chapter 3, for more details.) A smaller installation footprint also minimizes your patching requirements. If you implement a default installation, IIS 7.0 installs with 10 modules and will deliver only static content as an anonymous user. However, you will likely want to do more than this.
To take full advantage of the modular architecture, you should plan your IIS 7.0 installation to match the requirements of the applications ...
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