Microsoft KB Archive/323756

= Redirection response contains garbage characters with long URL =

Article ID: 323756

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q323756



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
Redirection responses may contain meaningless (or garbage) characters after you apply the Internet Information Services (IIS) Security Rollup Patch (SRP). For additional information about the IIS Security Rollup Patch, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

319733 MS02-018: April 2002 Cumulative Patch for Internet Information Services



CAUSE
This problem occurs because the string that is used for the redirect is non-terminating.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows 2000. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

Hotfix information
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Version     Size     File name -  03-Jun-2002  21:47  4.2.777.1   214,544  Adsiis.dll 03-Jun-2002 21:47  4.2.777.1   330,672  Asp.dll 03-Jun-2002 21:47  4.2.777.1    34,384  Clusiis4.dll 03-Jun-2002 21:46  4.2.777.1    55,392  Httpodbc.dll 03-Jun-2002 21:47  4.2.777.1    98,912  Iischema.dll 03-Jun-2002 21:45  4.2.777.1    63,984  Iislog.dll 03-Jun-2002 21:45  4.2.777.1   185,792  Infocomm.dll 03-Jun-2002 21:45  4.2.777.1    29,520  Iscomlog.dll 03-Jun-2002 21:46  4.2.777.1    38,256  Ssinc.dll 03-Jun-2002 21:46  4.2.777.1    25,360  Sspifilt.dll 03-Jun-2002 21:46  4.2.777.1   231,104  W3svc.dll 03-Jun-2002 21:46  4.2.777.1    88,032  Wam.dll

IIS 5.0
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Microsoft Windows 2000 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The typical support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

The fix, Q323756_w2k_sp4_x86_en.exe, contains the following files:   Date         Time   Version           Size     File name 06-Jun-2002 14:13  5.0.2195.5592     333,072  Asp.dll 06-Jun-2002 14:13  5.0.2195.3649     299,792  Fscfg.dll 06-Jun-2002 14:13  5.0.2195.5255       8,464  Ftpctrs2.dll 06-Jun-2002 14:13  5.0.2195.5255       6,416  Ftpmib.dll 06-Jun-2002 14:13  5.0.2195.5255       9,488  Httpmib.dll 06-Jun-2002 14:13  5.0.2195.5255      13,584  Infoadmn.dll 06-Jun-2002 14:13  5.0.2195.5255     246,032  Infocomm.dll 06-Jun-2002 14:13  5.0.2195.5810      62,736  Isatq.dll 19-Apr-2002 20:45  5.2.2.2             3,584  Spmsg.dll 19-Apr-2002 20:46  5.2.2.2            44,032  Spuninst.exe 13-Jun-2001 01:05  5.0.2195.3727       3,856  Svcpack1.dll 06-Jun-2002 14:13  5.0.2195.5255       7,440  W3ctrs.dll 06-Jun-2002 14:13  5.0.2195.5871     348,944  W3svc.dll 01-Apr-2002 21:46                      4,092  Eula.txt 19-Apr-2002 20:46  5.2.2.2            10,240  Spcustom.dll 19-Apr-2002 20:46  5.2.2.2           270,336  Update.exe 06-Jun-2002 14:17                     37,400  Update.inf 06-Jun-2002 14:17                        699  Update.ver



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server product

Additional query words: kbIISCom

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp4fix kbiiscom kbqfe kbwin2ksp4fix kbhotfixserver KB323756

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