Re: what does ASP stand for? e.g. user account

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From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/04/04 

Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 22:31:59 -0500

.Net 1.1 creates the user account with or without IIS being installed. It
is installed during the .Net Framework update. It can only be deleted, not
disabled.

Reasons for need:

When you run an ASP.Net application on a WebServer, not necessarily on your
local machine, that is the account the Web Server uses for
credentials/permissions.

ASP.NET is a programming framework built on the common language runtime that
can be used on a server to build powerful Web applications. ASP.NET offers
several important advantages over previous Web development models: More
information here:
http://docs.aspng.com/quickstart/aspplus/doc/whatisaspx.aspx

The ASP.NET worker process (Aspnet_wp.exe) should run with a different and
less privileged identity than the Windows default System identity. This
allows the process to run as a relatively untrusted user so that hosted Web
applications do not have administrative privileges and cannot compromise the
integrity of the server. More information here: http://tinyurl.com/aedb 

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