Apache vs. IIS on Win2k

[eagle1wi]

Our main concern is security. We have a windows 2000 box with coldfusion 5. I know apache doesn't have complete functionality (no clusters etc.). Is it safer, security wise, to run CF on Apache vs. IIS? Has anyone tried the Apache/CF 5 combo?

Thanks for any input.

Craig

 

[strantheman]

hi eagle1wi

As long as you have someone knowledgable about permissions and setting up email, virtual sites and such on linux platforms, I would recommend Linux over Win. It runs much faster, you have none of the cost and memory usage issues with running a windows machine, and linux can be controlled remotely without third party applications like PCanywhere or timbuktu.

It does take time to learn though, so if you're looking for plug and play with less hassle id use Windows.

Postgres is a great SQL database for linux. And the sendmail linux comes with should work fine as an email server.

good luck

 

[eagle1wi]

Thanks strantheman, luck may be what I need, unfortunately I don't think Linux is in our future here. We are a small shop of 11 people and none of us have any real experience with it.
Here is some more info on our situation:
We have a novell box hosting our public website and our email and have had very few problems with this setup. We have a intranet app that we would like to make available to our clients. Right now this app is hosted on our NT machine. Since it runs CF 5 we cannot transfer the app to our novell box since novell is not supported for CF (the real reason why we are in this situation to begin with). What we are worried about is that with IIS's nature that it will be hard to "lock-down" the server when we introduce external users. The NT box will have no public data on it at all. All users accessing this machine will have to log in. What we are considering is switching the webserver on NT from IIS to apache if this is a viable option and a "safer" way to go.

Craig