[NCLUG] Re: Not Code Red (another Code Red topic)

[thorson at aster.com]

On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Quent wrote:

> Set it to use a port other than 80. Looks like another Cisco IOS
> style bug where you've told it to disable something and it really doesn't.

Thanks, I'll try this in the morning.

> Your 675 in bridging mode probably doesn't even have an IP address so nothing
> can talk to it, which is why it isn't vulnerable.

That's exactly what I figured.

> I doubt there's any Microsoft code in the DSL boxes ROM, it's just that
> the web server is pretty dumb and doesn't handle the garbage that the worm
> tries to get it to swallow.

I thougth so too but something on Cisco's own pages made me
believe that they are using MS code.

Bill