Microsoft KB Archive/158732

= Perl Script is Downloaded When Using Netscape 3.0 =

Article ID: 158732

Article Last Modified on 6/22/2005

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 1.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 2.0

-



This article was previously published under Q158732



We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx



SYMPTOMS
When you use browsers that have a mime mapping for .pl or .cgi file the browser may try to download the script rather than executing it.



CAUSE
When the following header information is not present as the first line of a CGI script, a browser with a mime mapping for the file type may try to download the script rather than execute it:

print "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\n";



RESOLUTION
Make sure your CGI scripts return the following as the first line of the CGI header response:

print "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\n";

Additional query words: iis cgi script download

Keywords: KB158732

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.