Datasheet

IIS-Security
The IIS-Security package update contains the feature modules described in the following table:
IIS-Performance
The following table describes the performance feature modules:
Performance Feature Module Description
IIS-HttpCompressionStatic Use this module to enable your Web server to compress static con-
tent before sending it to the client to improve the performance.
IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic Use this module to enable your Web server to compress dynamic
content before sending it to the client to improve the performance.
Security Feature Module Description
IIS-BasicAuthentication Use this module to enable your Web server to sup-
port the HTTP 1.1 Basic Authentication scheme. This
module authenticates user credentials against
Windows accounts.
IIS-WindowsAuthentication Use this module to enable your Web server to
authenticate requests using NTLM or Kerberos.
IIS-DigestAuthentication Use this module to enable your Web server to sup-
port the Digest authentication scheme. The main dif-
ference between Digest and Basic is that Digest
sends password hashes over the network as opposed
to the passwords themselves.
IIS-ClientCertificateMappingAuthentication Use this module to enable your Web server to
authenticate client certificates with Active Directory
accounts.
IIS-IISCertificateMappingAuthentication Use this module to enable your Web server to map
client certificates 1-to-1 or many-to-1 to a Windows
security identity.
IIS-URLAuthorization Use this module to enable your Web server to per-
form URL authorization.
IIS-RequestFiltering Use this module to enable your Web server to deny
access based on specified configured rules.
IIS-IPSecurity Use this module to enable your Web server to deny
access based on domain name or IP address.
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