configuring the fastcgi extension for iis 6.0
Introduction
From its first version, Internet Information Services (IIS) has supported Common Gateway Interface (CGI), which is a standards-based protocol that allows information servers, such as IIS, to interface with external applications. FastCGI was introduced to address the scalability shortcomings of CGI.
This article describes the shortcomings of earlier versions of CGI and defines the need for the FastCGI extension for IIS 6.0. This article also describes the configuration settings for the FastCGI extension.