[Savant-discuss] Code Red?

[ederosia <ede...@um...>]

[I'm a new Savant user, so you may have already answered this question on
this discussion list.]

About 10 times each day, my new Savant server receives a series of about 10
requests.  They sure look like attempts to access my system for mischief
(e.g., "GET /scripts/..%c0%af../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir").  Each batch
of about 10 requests comes from different servers.  Are these servers which
have been affected by the Code Red virus and are now trying to send commands
to other servers (such as mine)?

The amazing thing is that these attempts happened immediately after I
installed Savant!  How did they start so quickly?  I don't publicize my
server's address.

- Eric

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Eric DeRosia, University of Michigan
ede...@um...
www.umich.edu/~ederosia