RE: Netcraft shows ministryofsound is running IIS 5.0 on LINUX ???

["Chris Neppes" <cneppes () port80software com>]

They could be modifying the Server name to misdirect folks with
malicious intent to attempt Windows 2000 exploits against a Linux box,
making the identification and protection against those exploits easier
for firewalls and IDS systems.

Here is a related article on Web server anonymization techniques:
<http://www.port80software.com/support/articles/maskyourwebserver>

Best,
Chris




-----Original Message-----
From: Rohit [mailto:rohits79 () yahoo com] 
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 9:28 AM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Netcraft shows ministryofsound is running IIS 5.0 on LINUX ???



http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.ministryofsound.com

 

Is this anyway possible??


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