From: "Geo" 

"Mike N."  wrote in message
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>     It does depend entirely upon how complex the services you are using or
> offering are.   I'm willing to bet that the IIS3 machine does not host web
> sites for your customers and is configured as a 'four-banger calculator' ;

static web sites, but they are customer sites.

> no active content which makes it secure and long-lived after a few
> modifications.  If you host .NET web sites for your customers,

You cannot host .NET web sites where website owners are not trusted users.
Allowing untrusted users to upload executable code to a webserver where
that code cannot be strictly limited to just their site is counter to basic
security practices.

>   That's a good position to be in; most people cannot invest the time to
> plan and evaluate their options and just pursue the path of least
> resistance.  They may well wake up some morning with their nuts in a vice.

Yes well  I tend to be very selective about where I put my nuts..

Geo.

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