> From: Saliya Wimalaratne
> "Code Red ONLY affects Microsoft Windows machines running Microsoft
> Internet Information Server."
>
> and
>
> "MOST home-users will not be running Microsoft Internet Information
> Server, so they should not be at risk"
It would be much safer to say that it affects Microsoft Windows NT/2000
*Server* machines running IIS. Most home users would not be using IIS,
which typically runs on the Server flavour of those OSs.
The lengthy report Nathan Reilly posted on Oz-ISP is an excellent account
but it too didn't place the word "Server" after "Windows NT/2000" but
instead used the word "system".
Not every little workplace that uses NT/2000 Server necessarily runs IIS and
even so not all of them are connected to the Internet. Little workplaces
that have web sites typically host them elsewhere. Then again, some NT
installers just install IIS by default with no intention of replacing the
default "home page" with custom content.
- Ash
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