Nemeski@lemm.ee to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoMicrosoft: Windows 'inetpub' folder created by security fix, don’t deletewww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down11
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft: Windows 'inetpub' folder created by security fix, don’t deletewww.bleepingcomputer.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months agoUh oh, someone hardcoded c:\inetpub in their code 12 years ago.
minus-squareschizo@forum.uncomfortable.businesslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months 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-22 months 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.