Chapter 32. Basics of Internet Information Services

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 incorporates a set of services that provide server-side support for the most popular application-level Internet protocols, enabling your server to function as a Web server, a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server, a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) host, or a Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) host.

Basic Internet services are fully integrated into all the Windows Server platforms, and are fully integrated with each operating system. This chapter examines the protocols that Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 supports, along with the other ...

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