Nemeski@lemm.ee to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoMicrosoft: Windows 'inetpub' folder created by security fix, don’t deletewww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft: Windows 'inetpub' folder created by security fix, don’t deletewww.bleepingcomputer.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 month agoUh oh, someone hardcoded c:\inetpub in their code 12 years ago.
minus-squareschizo@forum.uncomfortable.businesslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoPlease, this is Windows. That’s been sitting in the source code since 1993, but nobody at Microsoft knows why or how to remove it, so they just tell you to not touch the folder.
minus-squareelfin8er@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 month agoYea, like they said. 12 years ago.
Uh oh, someone hardcoded c:\inetpub in their code 12 years ago.
Please, this is Windows. That’s been sitting in the source code since 1993, but nobody at Microsoft knows why or how to remove it, so they just tell you to not touch the folder.
Yea, like they said. 12 years ago.