> IIS has a legacy behavior inherited from the old DOS 8.3 filename convention.
Is this 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:"
Yeah, I regularly speak to folks still running IIS on Windows Server. There are a lot of old apps out there, sadly. Some really, really important ones.
The lead says "how I approach IIS targets during bug bounty" (emphasis mine), so (assuming the author is being truthful) I'm guessing the tone of the title is just for fun.
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.
Why stop there? Front the honeypot with a real IIS server, build a matryoshka doll of honeypots and see how far people get.
Noise is a really underrated security layer.
> IIS has a legacy behavior inherited from the old DOS 8.3 filename convention.
Is this 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:
The tone of this is something else
Several times, I wondered if Claude wrote it.
Does anyone use IIS anymore?
Yeah, I regularly speak to folks still running IIS on Windows Server. There are a lot of old apps out there, sadly. Some really, really important ones.
Tons of the Navy's public websites still run on it.
The entire solarwinds platform(barf)
Would love to see a write yo on nginx!
Ah webpage formatting cooked but otherwise a fun read
This is extremely well done design (at least on full desktop browsers). Amazing content as well.
"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.
The lead says "how I approach IIS targets during bug bounty" (emphasis mine), so (assuming the author is being truthful) I'm guessing the tone of the title is just for fun.
Ah yes, the lulz, the great American pastime.
Civilization has a way of dealing with these individuals: prison.