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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More?
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 01:20:30 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
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For a change, a Windows update screwup does little more (or so it
looks) than leave a junk folder behind
<https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-update-drops-empty-intepub-folder-in-system-leaves-users-scratching-heads-after-april-update>.
But it seems the folder name triggers unpleasant memories for some:

    ... this folder is associated with systems with Microsoft’s
    Internet Information Services (IIS) installed. IIS is a web server
    platform with a long history of security vulnerabilities.

Is that how people remember IIS nowadays? As a source of security
vulnerabilities, rather than a useful way to offer Web services on a
Windows platform?

Oh dear, how sad, never mind ...