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Sometimes it certainly seems that way, but there was also period of time when Apache dominated the web and yet Microsoft's IIS was having a lot more exploits de
by 27182818284 9y ago
Sometimes it certainly seems that way, but there was also period of time when Apache dominated the web and yet Microsoft's IIS was having a lot more exploits despite Apache having more market share. Marketshare isn't the only factor, but it probably is a factor.
- skinnymuch 9y agoWe're the exploits helped out in any way by Windows itself or were they solely exploiting IIS alone? Never used it but I assume at least before it may have been pretty integrated into Windows.
- bartread 9y agoI wonder if that might have been due to Windows market share? Windows was everywhere on the desktop, and those Windows desktops provide a good intermediary vector for attacking instances of IIS on Windows Servers. Also, thinking back to the bad old days and the script-kiddie-eseque of many viruses of the early 2000s (iloveyou, et al), I suspect it may come down to attacking what you know: Windows was more prevalent and better understood so that's what people tried to break. Not my field though, so all just speculation.