I think IIS7's 5xx idiocy was more driven by misguided security concerns. Same as HTTP.sys requiring you to get permission to listen on a port versus not needi

I think IIS7's 5xx idiocy was more driven by misguided security concerns. Same as HTTP.sys requiring you to get permission to listen on a port versus not needing any permission if you just open a socket. Or same reason telnet.exe doesn't get installed by default.