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List:       computerguys-l
Subject:    Re: FWD: Trend Micro Medium Risk Virus Alert - PE_NIMDA
From:       Seth Milder <mrseth () PHYSICS ! GMU ! EDU>
Date:       2001-10-30 17:19:45
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Vicky Staubly wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, John DeCarlo wrote:
>
>>I think what Roy may have been thinking about was that some non Windows
>>machines have IIS embedded in them as the built-in web server.  I
>>believe some Cisco devices fell into this category.
>>
>
> I'm pretty sure that IIS only runs on Windows. Perhaps you're thinking
> of IOS (the operating system Cisco uses on most of its routers). Some
> of Cisco's routers do include a web server (usually for configuration
> purposes), which is not IIS, but has had some security bugs (different
> ones than the ones found in IIS, though).

You are correct. What happened was the GET request would crash the
router. Not infect it.

--
Seth Milder
Deptartment of Physics and Astronomy
MS 3f3
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
--
"If there is a God, he is a malign thug."
[Mark Twain]


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