How do I prevent the Code Red Worm from crashing my HP ProCurve Switch 212M and 224M?
The Code Red Worm tries to attack devices using tcp port 80. The HP ProCurve Switch 212M and 224M use port 80 for establishing http sessions. If your HP ProCurve Switch 212M or 224M is running software version D.05.13 or earlier, when the Code Red Worm attempts to attack the switch on tcp port 80, the switch will crash with a message similar to: Exception, # = 2 IP=0x000a4c3e SR =0x00003000 FCode= c Task=’mHttpCtrl’ Task ID=0x307dc0 The switch will then reboot automatically. Network operations will be momentarily interrupted during the reboot. If your switch is running software version D.05.14 or greater, it is not affected by attacks from the Code Red Worm. If your switch is running an earlier version of software, you should upgrade to version D.05.14 or greater. If you do not want to upgrade to software version D.05.14 or greater, the workaround for the Code Red Worm issue on the HP ProCurve Switch 212M and 224M is to disable the Web Agent on the switch. Follow the steps below to dis
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