Re: [misterhouse-users] http server

[Tim D. <ti...@gr...>]

This was probably caused by machines infected with the NIMDA virus.

Tim

On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Clive Freedman wrote:

> > > Why is it when mh web server goes down it freezes all computer activity?
> > > What I have is one computer that I run mh on and it also acts as a
> gateway
> > > to the internet.  I have been seeing the pop up "http server down,
> > > restarting" allot recently.
>
> > I get that message up to 2-3 times a day.  I'm not sure why the http port
> > becomes unresponsive or why, in your case, your gateway freeses.  By
> > 'freezes all computer activity' you mean nothing gets through the gateway,
> > or does mh and/or other programs freeze not the respond?
>
> I was getting the "http server down" message as often as 20 times per hour.
> I think it coincided with someone out there (not always the same IP address)
> trying to run admin.dll and root.exe on my mh http server, via port 80.  I
> could not set my firewall to keep them out and let legitimate visitors in.
> I could not tell from the http log where they were coming from, or why they
> wanted to get in.  In the end I changed to port 81.
>
> Clive
>
>
>
> ________________________________________________________
> To unsubscribe from this list, go to: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365
>