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IIS

IIS

3 8.8
A former Iraqi government agency that gathered secret information and ran spies for Saddam Hussein
  • noun
translation icon : Servicio de Inteligencia Iraquí
  • MS12-073 is a moderate update for IIS, which could cause concern.

Examples

  • Windows can be had with IIS and ASP.NET as well as SQL.

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  • This will force IIS to occupy only port 443 for the IP address on which your Outlook Web Services are running.

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  • So, it's only a concern if you have IIS set up to provide FTP services.

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  • The problem is that I can't see any virtual directory at IIS related to that LiveServer.

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  • Tools for managing Hyper-V and Web Server (IIS) are already available as part of Windows 8.

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  • I have a dedicated IIS server and store most of my data in a DB and/or cloud files.

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  • If you use Visual Studio 2012 and make yourself an MVC4 project hosted in the local IIS on some local port, making it work with Facebook is easy.

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  • I've had success in giving the front end two IPs and have both the internal and external IIS sites on 80 and 443.

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  • I am a bit confused because port 444 is configured for the Edge conf service, but on the edge, IIS is not configured at all.

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  • The Iraqi Intelligence Service, or IIS, was involved in various operations during Saddam Hussein's rule.

Synonyms

intelligence service
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  • Specialized
33 3.0

A group that gathers and studies secret information for a government

refers specifically to that named organization tied to a former regime

A government group in Iraq that gathers secret information and runs secret operations to protect the country

is the same agency but framed as the former main body under a past regime
9.9

A secret police force in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, feared for human rights abuses

highlights the agency's intelligence role without stressing police functions

Surface Forms

IIS singular
IISs plural

Etymology

IIS is a set of initials from the English words Iraqi, Intelligence, Service; Iraqi means 'from Iraq' and Intelligence here means 'secret information'. So IIS refers to the main spy agency of Iraq under Saddam Hussein and its work in gathering secret information.