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TheQuirk:
quote:Originally posted by Merlin:
Of course the Blaster worm didn't work
Microsoft changed to Linux
Linux doesn't have the RPC vulnerability
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How the fuck do you even figure that?
Their servers are patched. The patch was available three weeks ago. The only reason they are "running Linux" is because they ordered a service from a different company to cache their content to cope with the bandwidth usage. Jesus.
bigsleep:
Why would a multi-billion-dollar company that markets an OS need to employ the services of another company that uses a competing OS?
But I'm sure you are right that it's a caching server, since from what I know about IIs I don't see how it can possibly run on Linux.
From the netcraft FAQ:
"Webservers that operate behind a caching system, load balancer, reverse proxy server or a firewall may sometimes report the operating system of the intermediate machine. Hence reports of 'Microsoft/IIS on Linux' may indicate that either the web server is behind a Linux server that is acting as a reverse proxy, or has configured the Akamai caching system such that the first request to the site goes to one of Akamai's servers [which run Linux], or as in the case of www.walmart.com has been configured to send a misleading signature."
BTW, it doesn't seem to be helping anyway, since I can't seem to pull up any microsoft sites except for the msdn site.
[ August 17, 2003: Message edited by: Bigsleep ]
guest94:
That is interesting about their using of Linux. There was a story about this a while ago (one of their web-serving companies they contracted used Linux), but this latest change took place just in the last TWO DAYS!! This HAS to be a direct reaction to the Blaster worm! Hmmm.. what a great example M$ themselves are setting, should other users of Windoze switch to Linux because it's not vulnerable to the worms too?! Maybe those who switch will find it's a far superior server OS (UNIX-based servers always are, anyone who chooses Windows over it needs to think again - between administration, worms...) and stick with it? One thing I do wonder about is that it's Linux, but it uses M$-IIS..
"Linux Microsoft-IIS/6.0 15-Aug-2003 80.15.236.6 Akamai"
.. anyone care to explain that?
TheQuirk:
quote:Originally posted by Bigsleep:
Why would a multi-billion-dollar company that markets an OS need to employ the services of another company that uses a competing OS?
But I'm sure you are right that it's a caching server, since from what I know about IIs I don't see how it can possibly run on Linux.
From the netcraft FAQ:
"Webservers that operate behind a caching system, load balancer, reverse proxy server or a firewall may sometimes report the operating system of the intermediate machine. Hence reports of 'Microsoft/IIS on Linux' may indicate that either the web server is behind a Linux server that is acting as a reverse proxy, or has configured the Akamai caching system such that the first request to the site goes to one of Akamai's servers [which run Linux], or as in the case of www.walmart.com has been configured to send a misleading signature."
BTW, it doesn't seem to be helping anyway, since I can't seem to pull up any microsoft sites except for the msdn site.
[ August 17, 2003: Message edited by: Bigsleep ]
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Because they are a software company--not a hosting one. Akami is the best at what they do, and there really aren't that many companies that have 150,000 different servers placed in different geographical locations on fat pipes.
I don't think they even _cared_ what Akami used, as long as it got the job done.
TheQuirk:
quote:Originally posted by -HaxorMan-:
That is interesting about their using of Linux. There was a story about this a while ago (one of their web-serving companies they contracted used Linux), but this latest change took place just in the last TWO DAYS!! This HAS to be a direct reaction to the Blaster worm! Hmmm.. what a great example M$ themselves are setting, should other users of Windoze switch to Linux because it's not vulnerable to the worms too?! Maybe those who switch will find it's a far superior server OS (UNIX-based servers always are, anyone who chooses Windows over it needs to think again - between administration, worms...) and stick with it? One thing I do wonder about is that it's Linux, but it uses M$-IIS..
"Linux Microsoft-IIS/6.0 15-Aug-2003 80.15.236.6 Akamai"
.. anyone care to explain that?
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