Re: *** ADMIN: Downtime 8/6

[Lou Forlini <lforlini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 8:30 AM -0500 8/7/01, David Gibbs wrote:
>>  So why is your router having problems with Code Red ? It isn't infected but
>>  rather getting hammered or something ?
>
>My router, a Cisco 678, has a bug where ... even though the web configuration
>is disabled, it still accepts requests on port 80 and the code red
>request (which I've gotten hit with numerous times) crashes the router
>such that I have to cycle power on it.

    The latest I've read is that you also have to change the web port 
to something other than 80, even if web management is turned off.

    Regards,

    - Lou Forlini
      Software Engineer
      System Support Products, Inc.
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