Should I be paranoid?

[JoshT]

I have W2K Pro (Workstation) SP1 with IIS running on it if I ever need it. IIS5 is installed but I haven't yet configured anything or changed the default installation. Are there any security holes with it or its default installation. Because I recieved the following Web Server / OS sniff the other day (this is the entire logfile). Also, I changed the IP address because it appears to be one my parent company owns, (it's running HP-UX) and I have no control over how secure their network is.

I'm probably being too paranoid, they were probably just doing a security audit or something.

Thanks,
Josh


#Software: Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
#Version: 1.0
#Date: 2001-04-24 23:12:12
#Fields: time c-ip cs-method cs-uri-stem sc-status
23:12:12 192.168.254.55 HEAD /iisstart.asp 200

[jtaylorlb]

Hi.
When it comes to security when dealing with web servers, you can never to be paraniod. To answer your question, yes. IIS5 has many security problems what are (I'm sorry to say) easy to exploit. One such problem is the uni-code problem.

If you are not using the service full time, I would recommend turning it off. Not only will turning the service off help your security, but it will also free (always) valuable system resources. However, there are some times when you must leave IIS on, in which case all I can tell you to do is: Do your homework and research flaws!

Hope I have helped you somewhat out of your paranioa. You can never to be paraniod .
Thanks,
JT

[alexmac]

You may find this list of articles of use:

http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtec...e/Security.asp

Alex