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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: Xeen on 21 October 2003, 23:53

Title: MS IIS for Linux?
Post by: Xeen on 21 October 2003, 23:53

This (http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=www.microsoft.com) shows that Microsoft.com runs on Linux using IIS. I'm a bit confused about how this is possible. Is there IIS for linux?

Title: MS IIS for Linux?
Post by: Refalm on 22 October 2003, 00:08

You can run "Microsoft FrontPage Extentions" and "Microsoft Services for Unix" on Linux, so why not "Microsoft IIS"?

Anyway, I think that it's a weird data mix up between Akamai's servers and Microsoft's servers.

Title: MS IIS for Linux?
Post by: skyman8081 on 22 October 2003, 02:45

refalm you are sorta right, there is a linux proxy between the IIS server most likely and j00.  this happens more than you think, also it could be a spoofed serven name, it is very possible to send a custom server string as seen here (http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=voidmain.is-a-geek.net) so it could be a spoofed apache as well.

Title: MS IIS for Linux?
Post by: Master of Reality on 22 October 2003, 20:44

they have probably changed the server name string. IT is quite possible. Void Main has done it on his server.. http://voidmain.is-a-geek.net (http://voidmain.is-a-geek.net)

Title: MS IIS for Linux?
Post by: flap on 22 October 2003, 21:26

Why are you just repeating the same answer the last person gave? And why the hell would Microsoft deliberately make it look like they were running Linux?

Title: MS IIS for Linux?
Post by: Master of Reality on 23 October 2003, 00:07

no you have it backwards... they are probably using apache and making it look like they are using IIS. Sorry 'bout the confusion.

Title: MS IIS for Linux?
Post by: flap on 23 October 2003, 00:12

No, it is actually akamai's caching servers as refalm said.