In message <EA9368A5B1010140ADBF534E4D32C728025B06@condor.mhsc.com>, Roeland Me yer writes:
So -- if he wasn't running IIS, what was he running?
Win2K boxen are ALWAYS running IIS. It doesn't matter whether you have Pro or Server. ALL Win2K systems need to run the patch. MSFT chose to integrate much of the IIS stuff into DLLs with other system critical stuff. As a result, IIS can't be completely removed without killing off other critical functions. Yes, what they proved in court is even more true with Win2K than with Win98 (Duh! MSFT didn't lie, but they didn't tell the whole truth either). WinXP is even more in that direction, from all reports.
I think you're confusing IIS with Internet Explorer. And Microsoft denies that it's installed by default on Win2K Professional -- see http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/... XP Beta 2 does have IIS by default; XP RC1 and RC2 do not. I can't be sure they're telling the whole truth; I can tell you that the two Win2K boxes I sometimes use are not listening to anything on port 80.
BTW, is any motion happening, in the direction of finding the author(s)? I'd like to personally thank them, with a new neck-tie. The other end is attached to a huge California oak tree.
Not that I've heard. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb