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[bluetrain]

"Sidenote: your IIS install is so extremely "out-of-the-box", you're very vulnerable as far as I can see against standard root kits. Change your webroot. Windows XP is not a server operating system, I strongly suggest to review the whole idea of running your own webserver publicly unless you're very, very experienced."


Am I using IIS by default when running server on xp? Is it easy to use standard root kits even if the server use both antivirus
and firewall?

[Stramm]

software firewall and antivir are far from protecting your system. Why should a serious company spend min 10k for a hardware firewall... and then they have just a lil system? As server operator your system is exposed to the net and therefore far more vulnerable. Kids try just to guess important pathes.. older kids know about most of the weaknesses and can bring your 'out of the box system' down in a few

Just 2-3 days ago I received an email cause of a not working system... it was a nice 'hacker'. I made a sreenshot....
I do not have a clue about the language but I can understand the db name

(http://stramm.mine.nu/stuff/haxored1.gif)

[kegobeer]

Don't run your own webserver if you have no experience.  Test boxes are fine for development, but pay for good webhosting for production sites.