KB188288 - HTTP Request with a Long Verb Is Not Logged

Article ID: 188288

Article Last Modified on 9/22/2005

Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0

This article was previously published under Q188288

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

Internet Information Server (IIS) does not log the HTTP request with a long verb.

CAUSE

IIS does not log the HTTP request if the internally-formulated log record for the request is longer than a certain length.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. If you are not severely affected by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Windows NT service pack.

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 on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date      Time                 Size    File Name     Platform
   -------------------------------------------------------------
   01/25/99  12:22p                29,520 Iscomlog.dll  (x86)
   01/25/99  12:24p                45,840 Iscomlog.dll  (Alpha)

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Information Server version 4.0.

Additional query words: IIS hotfix hot fix qfe quick engineering patch

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