IIS Server May Hang After Processing Several Client Queries

Last reviewed: April 29, 1997
Article ID: Q155058

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server versions 1.0 and 1.0c

SYMPTOMS

The Internet Information Server(IIS) server may stop responding after processing several Universal Resource Locator (URL) requests for an .htm file with additional relational operators as in the following example:

   http://www.server.com/default.htm/...and so on...

CAUSE

IIS enters an infinite loop trying to service URL requests for .htm files with additional relational operators. This behavior would eventually result in several server pool threads in infinite loops taking CPU cycles and causing the IIS server to stop responding.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in IIS versions 1.0 and 1.0c. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

   S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodiis
Keywords : kbbug1.00 kbbug1.00c kbfix3.51 kbnetwork ntsetup NTSrv
Version : 1.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 29, 1997
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