Linux running IIs?

[burns]

On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 14:47, Net Llama! wrote:
> On 08/16/03 11:33, Jerry McBride wrote:
> 
> > 
> > The following Netcraft webpage lists microsoft os and webserver history... 
> > What's really odd to me is why it shows linux as the os and IIs as the 
> > server?
> > 
> > http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.microsoft.com
> 
> That information can be faked on the server side.  I'd say what is most 
> likely is that they're running linux with apache.

Netcraft is often faked out by firewalls and routers, depending on how
they are set up. Thus, Netcraft knows that the webserver is responding
that it is IIS, but Netcraft only sees the Linux router/gateway/etc.as
the platform (not what's behind it).
-- 
burns