[NTLUG:Discuss] interesting combination
Merlin
merlin at tacni.net
Tue Aug 19 08:29:00 CDT 2003
Tom Tumelty amused Merlin with these comments:
>
> Has anyone seen this?
>
> http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=www.windowsupdate.com
>
>
> Microsoft IIS/6.0 on Linux ??
Netcraft's response to this?
Why do you report impossible operating system/server combinations ?
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Webservers that operate behind a caching system, load balancer, reverse
proxy server or a firewall may sometimes report the operating system of
the intermediate machine. Hence reports of 'Microsoft/IIS on Linux' may
indicate that either the web server is behind a Linux server that is
acting as a reverse proxy, or has configured the Akamai caching system
such that the first request to the site goes to one of Akamai's servers
[which run Linux], or as in the case of www.walmart.com has been
configured to send a misleading signature.
--
Merlin
"Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards,
for they are subtle and quick to anger."
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