<div class="content" name="Overview (synopsis)" uuid="3d7eba29-918c-4074-baba-0e836ea66d0b"><p>The Internet Information Services (IIS) Inetinfo Remote
Protocol provides functions that allow remote administration and statistics gathering
from an <a href="ce912734-75c3-403c-8816-38e34e24df2f#gt_d9a0cf88-f6d7-4c52-a9fc-4ce5a7cb7260" data-linktype="relative-path">Internet protocol
server</a> such as a server implementing the HTTP or FTP protocol. The protocol
provides methods for gathering statistical data on users, sites, requests, and
performance. For more information about HTTP and securing HTTP connections, see
<a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=90310" data-linktype="external">[RFC2068]</a> and <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=90383" data-linktype="external">[RFC2818]</a>.</p><p>The server does not maintain client state information.
Although some client call sequences might be logically related, the protocol
operation is stateless.</p></div>