- A low-level Look at the ASP.NET Architecture
http://www.west-wind.com/presentations/howaspnetworks/howaspnetworks.asp
- Introduction to IIS Architectures
http://www.iis.net/learn/get-started/introduction-to-iis/introduction-to-iis-architecture
- IIS Web Server Overview
http://www.iis.net/learn/get-started/introduction-to-iis/iis-web-server-overview
- Securely Implement Request Processing, Filtering, and Content Redirection with HTTP Pipelines in ASP.NET
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc188942.aspx