It's a "feature" of IIS5. By default it listens on port 80 on all available IP addresses (0.0.0.0). This can be fixed: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q238131&;
Hope that helps. > -----Original Message----- > From: Sarbjit Singh Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 24 September 2002 9:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: IIS listens to port 80 on 0.0.0.0 > > > Greetings, > > Recently I realized that my IIS was not responding to port 80 > requests. > > After running active ports, realized it was only listening to > port 80 on > 0.0.0.0 > > It is a w2k pro, sp2 patched with pre-sp3 hot fixes, and zone alarm. > executed IIS Lockdown and BASELINE from Microsoft. I Discovered this > recently because I installed Visual Studio .NET hence I ran > the IIS lockdown > to enable the IIS again. Previously IIS was disabled. > > Is this a security issue or just miss-configuration of the w2k pro. > > Cheers > Gill >
