6 comments

  • Lammy 13 minutes ago
    > IIS has a legacy behavior inherited from the old DOS 8.3 filename convention.

    Is this just exposing the underlying OS's behavior coupled with the fact that the IIS document root is `C:\Inetpub` by default? Eight-dot-three filenames are enabled by default on the C drive but disabled by default on all other drives on Windows 10/11:

      PS> (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion').DisplayVersion
      24H2
    
      PS> fsutil 8dot3name query C:
      The volume state is: 0 (8dot3 name creation is ENABLED)
      The registry state is: 2 (Per volume setting - the default)
      Based on the above settings, 8dot3 name creation is ENABLED on "C:"
    
      PS> fsutil 8dot3name query U:
      The volume state is: 1 (8dot3 name creation is DISABLED)
      The registry state is: 2 (Per volume setting - the default)
      Based on the above settings, 8dot3 name creation is DISABLED on "U:"
  • naturalmovement 1 hour ago
    I front all my honeypots with the IIS landing page precisely because it attracts black hat jagoffs.

    Nothing makes me happier than knowing I've wasted hours of their time chasing their own tails.

    • p1necone 53 minutes ago
      Why stop there? Front the honeypot with a real IIS server, build a matryoshka doll of honeypots and see how far people get.
    • themafia 1 hour ago
      Noise is a really underrated security layer.
  • hstaab 1 hour ago
    The tone of this is something else
    • andai 1 minute ago
      Several times, I wondered if Claude wrote it.
  • AuthAuth 1 hour ago
    Ah webpage formatting cooked but otherwise a fun read
  • Group_B 24 minutes ago
    Would love to see a write yo on nginx!
  • sytelus 54 minutes ago
    This is extremely well done design (at least on full desktop browsers). Amazing content as well.
    • mopsi 44 minutes ago
      "Amazing" is a little generous for script kiddie stuff from the early 2000s.

      The author has yet to learn the extent to which civilization depends on people not being cunts to one another for no good reason.

      • deadbabe 22 minutes ago
        Civilization has a way of dealing with these individuals: prison.
      • caspper69 27 minutes ago
        Ah yes, the lulz, the great American pastime.