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Comparing Microsoft Windows NT Server and Windows 2000 with Novell NetWare 5
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Contents
Chapter 7
Web Services
| Feature |
Windows NT Server 4.0 |
Windows 2000 Server |
Novell NetWare 5.0 |
| Process Accounting |
Not available |
Provides information about how Web sites use CPU resources on the server. Process Accounting is enabled and customized on a per-site basis. |
Not available |
| CPU Throttling |
Not available |
With the Job Object in Windows 2000 Server, administrators can limit the amount of CPU processing time a Web application can use over a predefined period of time. |
Not available |
| Command-Line Management |
Available with the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack. |
With Command Line Administration, administrators can manage the Web services Windows 2000 Server from the command line. |
Can only be managed using a Web browser. Therefore administrators aren't able to take advantage of scripting to automate common administration tasks. |
| Remote GUI-Based Management |
Available with IIS 2.0—IIS 4.0. |
Windows 2000 Server provides a Microsoft Management Console snap-in to manage the Web services from Windows-based systems. |
Since FastTrack in NetWare 5 can only be managed through a browser-based interface, it doesn't provide customers with a richer native management interface. |
| Remote Browser-Based Management |
Available with the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack. |
Provides administrators with the ability to manage the Web services in Windows 2000 Server or individual Web sites remotely from any Web browser that supports frames and JScript™. |
FastTrack on NetWare 5 provides a basic browser-based management interface. |
| Host Multiple Web Sites on a Single Server |
Available with the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack. |
Right out of the box, organizations can take advantage of the comprehensive multi-Web site support in Windows 2000 Server. Using the build in support for HTTP 1.1 Host Headers, organizations can host multiple Web sites using a single IP address with Windows 2000 Server. HTTP 1.1 Web sites are accessible to both HTTP 1.1 and HTTP 1.0 down level clients. In addition, administrators can assign each Web site a unique IP address. |
Supports software virtual servers. |
| Virtual Directory Support |
Available with all versions of IIS for Windows NT Server. |
This provides a way for administrators to map long directory paths to shorter path. |
Not available |
| Configuration Backup and Restore |
Available with the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack. |
This gives the administrator the ability to back up and restore the Web service configuration settings. |
Not available |
| Delegation of Web Site Administration |
Available with the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack. |
Administrators can securely assign individual operators to manage separate Web sites running on the same Windows NT Server-based machine. |
Not available |
| Per Web Site Bandwidth Throttling |
Available with the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack. |
Using this setting, administrators can manage the bandwidth allocation for each of the Web sites running on a single server. |
Not available |
| Feature |
Windows NT Server 4.0 |
Windows 2000 Server |
Novell NetWare 5.0 |
| Digest Authentication |
Not available |
Digest authentication offers the same features as Basic authentication but involves a different way of transmitting the authentication credentials. The authentication credentials pass through a one-way process, often referred to as hashing. The result of this process is called a hash, or message digest, and cannot be decrypted. That is the original text cannot be deciphered from the hash. |
Not available |
| Fortezza |
Not available |
This standard satisfies the Defense Messaging System security architecture with a cryptographic mechanism that provides message confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and access control to messages, components, and systems. |
Not available |
| Server Gated Crypto (SGC) |
Available with the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack. |
SGC is an extension of SSL that allows financial institutions with export versions of Windows NT Server to use strong 128-bit encryption. Although SGC capabilities are built into Windows 2000 Server, a special SGC certificate is required to use SGC. |
Not available |
| SSL Encryption |
SSL has been available for all versions of IIS for Windows NT Server 4.0. |
Windows 2000 Server provides 40-bit and 128-bit encryption based on the SSL 2.0/3.0 standard. Administrators can choose the level of encryption based on the sensitivity of the content. |
FastTrack on NetWare supports only 40-bit encryption. For 128-bit encryption, customer must upgrade to Netscape Enterprise Server at an additional cost of $1295 |
| Feature |
Windows NT Server 4.0 |
Windows 2000 Server |
Novell NetWare 5.0 |
| Integrated WebDAV Support |
Not available |
Distributed Authoring and Versioning (DAV) is an extension to the HTTP 1.1 standard for exposing a hierarchical file storage media, such as a file system, over an HTTP connection. |
Not available |
| FTP Restart |
Not available |
If a user is interrupted when downloading a large file from an FTP site, the next time they download the file, it will start from where the user left off. |
Not available |
| Integrated FTP Services |
FTP servers are available for all version of IIS for Windows NT Server. |
Windows 2000 Server provides customers with fully integrated FTP services. |
Not available |
| HTTP 1.1 Compliant |
Available with the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack. |
Windows 2000 Server is HTTP 1.1 compliant providing support for many of the new protocol specifications. These include: Host Headers Digest Authentication HTTP PUT HTTP Compression Byte ranges Persistent connections Chunked transfers |
Not fully supported |
| W3C Logging Format |
Available with the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack. |
With this widely used logging format, administrators can customize the logs generated by the Windows 2000 Server Web services by extending logged information. |
Not available |
| Feature |
Windows NT Server 4.0 |
Windows 2000 Server |
Novell NetWare 5.0 |
| Active Server Pages (ASP) |
Available since IIS 3.0 for Windows NT Server 4.0 |
ASP is a framework for developing scalable business applications for the Web. ASP integrates with the Component Object Model to deliver distributed component-based applications to the Web. |
Not available |
| Error Handling |
Not available |
Using the new error handling capabilities for ASP, developers can trap errors in custom error messages. Using this new functionality, developers can display useful information, such as an error description or the line number in an .asp file where the error occurred. |
Requires developers to write their own code to handle errors. |
| Server Scriptlets |
Not available |
ASP supports server scriptlets, Microsoft's powerful new scripting technology that developers can use to create reusable business rule script procedures that behave as components in your Web applications. |
NetWare 5 supports Java Servlets. However, NetWare 5 doesn't support accessing components written in other languages. |
| Transactional ASP |
Available with the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack. |
By simply adding a tag at the top of an ASP, developers are able to take advantage of the transaction services in Windows NT Server to provide the highest levels of data integrity. |
Not available |
| Native API Support |
Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI) is designed to provide application developers with a powerful way in which to extend the functionality of IIS. Compared to other web applications programming interfaces, ISAPI extensions and filters offer higher performance and more low control. |
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FastTrack on NetWare provides support for Netscape Application Programming Interface (NSAPI) which is similar to ISAPI, however ISAPI supports filters which can be used to customize the functionality of the Web server. In addition, other Web server vendors including O'Reilly WebSite and Zeus also support ISAPI. |
| CGI Support |
Available for all versions of IIS on Windows NT Server 4.0. |
CGI is a gateway for linking server executables to the Web. Each CGI request requires the server to create a separate process to execute the code encapsulated in the executable. CGI scripts are used to link the application to a user's Web browser. |
NetWare implements a version CGI using NetWare Loadable Modules called Local Common Gateway Interface. LCGI provides a set of functions that simulate the environment used by CGI applications to communicate with the web server. Novell's LCGI requires an experienced NLM developer. |
| Feature |
Windows NT Server 4.0 |
Windows 2000 Server |
Novell NetWare 5.0 |
| Index Services |
Supported |
In Windows 2000 Server, Index Services also indexes the file systems, making finding files faster by searching on textual content. You can search based on file content by clicking Start, pointing to Find, and clicking Files or Folders. |
Not supported. Web content indexing available through a $1295 upgrade to Netscape Enterprise Edition. |
| Standard PICS content ratings |
Available with the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack. |
Content Ratings provide administrators with the ability to add industry standard PICS rating labels in the content on the Windows 2000 Server |
Not available |
| Integrated Analysis Tools |
Available with the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack. |
Microsoft Site Server Express includes the Analysis feature to analyze server log files and site content. The Site Server Express feature set provides a subset of the functionality in Microsoft Site Server. The Usage Import and Report Writer modules enable Web professionals to conduct basic log file analysis by running predefined reports that provide insights into the requests, visits, users, and organizations that interact with a Web site. The Content Analyzer module allows site administrators to easily visualize how their sites are laid out and to create HTML reports to detail the type of content on the site. |
Not available |
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Last Updated: Tuesday, March 28, 2000
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