Nimda must've caught them wide open.
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Bob Miller wrote:
> Sorry if this is old news. I haven't read Slashdot for a couple
> of days.
>
> http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=101034
>
> Juicy quote:
>
> Gartner recommends that enterprises hit by both Code Red and
> Nimda immediately investigate alternatives to IIS, including
> moving Web applications to Web server software from other
> vendors, such as iPlanet and Apache. Although these Web
> servers have required some security patches, they have much
> better security records than IIS and are not under active
> attack by the vast number of virus and worm writers. Gartner
> remains concerned that viruses and worms will continue to
> attack IIS until Microsoft has released a completely
> rewritten, thoroughly and publicly tested, new release of IIS.
>
>
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