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[m00ds]

Heads up people, looks like microsoft HAS already deployed their new web server into production, a.k.a. IIS6.0

http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/....microsoft.com

I heard about this on another forum. This should generate some interest

[MTG]

unknown OS

[MGCJerry]

Originally posted by MTG
unknown OS

I'm willing to bet is a Windows based machine... Unless they have made a unique version of iis for their use and are running it on a *nix system...

Personally, I've grown quite fond of Apache...

[Dexter]

it's probabbly the new .net stuff...

[JTY]

The 'unknown' is caused by the massive amount firewalling, and load balancing to keep their servers up.

[AL-Benjamin]

i read somewhere, i think it was computer weekly or something along those lines, that they run a heavily moded version of win 2000 as they get hacked so often. that may be why it comes up unknown.

or what JTY said. eithers good.

[Rochen]

Microsoft run a mixture of systems on microsoft.com and partner sites, however it is all 100% Microsoft. They use Compaq Proliant and Dell PowerEdge Servers.

Currently they are running Windows .NET with IIS 6.0 and Windows 2000 Advanced Server with IIS 5.0 in clusters.

They did the same thing when Windows 2000 went into beta testing, they ran part of the network on NT4 and part on Win2k beta.

However, one point I should make here, when they run beta software they have the Windows development team standing by encase anything goes wrong. So it's not like just anyone beta testing. It is also good as it helps iron out most of the bugs before final release. They don't however run their whole network on .NET/IIS 6.0.

They have actually been using IIS 6.0 on production servers since the fall of 2001, so it's nothing new

[AL-Benjamin]

is there anything you don't know rochen?

[The Laughing Cow]

Where babies come from

[The Prohacker]

Originally posted by rochen
Microsoft run a mixture of systems on microsoft.com and partner sites, however it is all 100% Microsoft. They use Compaq Proliant and Dell PowerEdge Servers.

Yeah, looks like hotmail finally moved off the qmail servers

[Rochen]

is there anything you don't know rochen?

Where babies come from

Originally posted by The Prohacker


Yeah, looks like hotmail finally moved off the qmail servers

Yeah, I used to have one of the old accounts on there, the SPAM has gone up and up ever since my account got moved

[The Laughing Cow]

Man the amount of hotmail spam is untrue. I wanna know how they get your address

[Rochen]

Originally posted by The Laughing Cow
Man the amount of hotmail spam is untrue. I wanna know how they get your address

I know, I was just thinking the same because I am not listed and never have been listed in the hotmail or any directory. I am also not subscribed to any of the MSN Newsletters. I don't use hotmail that much, so it doesn't really bother me. Maybe Bill has been selling the addresses in bulk on the side for a few billion

[The Prohacker]

Originally posted by The Laughing Cow
Man the amount of hotmail spam is untrue. I wanna know how they get your address

Sometimes MS has to 'reset' their database, and your settings to stay out of the public dir's get set to yes instead of no

Or an accident happens, and they all default to yes

[RackMy.com]

The 'unknown' is caused by the massive amount firewalling, and load balancing to keep their servers up.

Yeah... That's it....