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fitter_happier · 02-16-2009, 11:58 AM

Hi there. I really need a point in the right direction here as I have been procrasonating on this for a while due to not knowing what to do. For my honours dissertation I am comparing web servers "Apache" and "IIS" mesuring performance and security. There are also other objectives such as finding trends in the global market for the more dominant web server for different types of websites (I.E., I've found that Apache is used a lot more in the Finacial sector for secure bank related sites) However, I really need to start working on my main objective. I cannot compare these 2 web servers if I cannot create a baseline configuration. As they both differ greatly in their configuration methods. I have 2 books "Apache Essentials" and "The Complete reference IIS 6" but I'm still not sure how to configure both of these so they have the same level of security/performance. One of my solutions although I am not entirely sure about this, is to find a third party tool that will allow me to set up Apache through a GUI. At least then it makes things simpler. So can anybody give me a hint as to how I can try and set up these web servers so that all testing will be fair?

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fitter_happier Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Windows Vista	My web server project Hi there. I really need a point in the right direction here as I have been procrasonating on this for a while due to not knowing what to do. For my honours dissertation I am comparing web servers "Apache" and "IIS" mesuring performance and security. There are also other objectives such as finding trends in the global market for the more dominant web server for different types of websites (I.E., I've found that Apache is used a lot more in the Finacial sector for secure bank related sites) However, I really need to start working on my main objective. I cannot compare these 2 web servers if I cannot create a baseline configuration. As they both differ greatly in their configuration methods. I have 2 books "Apache Essentials" and "The Complete reference IIS 6" but I'm still not sure how to configure both of these so they have the same level of security/performance. One of my solutions although I am not entirely sure about this, is to find a third party tool that will allow me to set up Apache through a GUI. At least then it makes things simpler. So can anybody give me a hint as to how I can try and set up these web servers so that all testing will be fair?