[3985] in bugtraq
NT4 / IIS troubles
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Max Newbould)
Thu Jan 30 00:11:58 1997
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 18:07:42 -0800
Reply-To: Max Newbould <newbould@IX7.IX.NETCOM.COM>
From: Max Newbould <newbould@IX7.IX.NETCOM.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@netspace.org
I discovered that when connected to a web server running IIS and NT4(like
mine http://207.95.8.117) - there is a massive hole, that can slow a box to
a grinding crawl. Simply send around 15 commands ( just clicking reload a
bunch works too), when this happens on my box, the CPU usage shoots up to
100%(until I end some process associated w/ IIS) and the file server runs
amok.(Constant HD access until processes are closed). I have reproduced
this on some 15 boxes, and all ops complained of this chronic slowdown. It
is not a matter of poor CPU either(most boxes were 686). This will actually
STOP(no more acess/ too low virtual memory to start new threads) a machine
if more than one user is doing it. It seems IIS/NT4 have some masive bugs.
-max
(ignore the netcom part, it is a cable modem)
