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| Time: 00:00 EST/05:00 GMT | News Source: MSNBC | Posted By: Todd Richardson | ||
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Microsoft Corp. withdrew a security improvement for its flagship Windows XP software after it crippled Internet connections for some of the 600,000 users who installed it. Microsoft officials said Tuesday the update — which had been available as an option since Friday on its “Windows Update” Web site — apparently was incompatible with popular security software from other companies, such as Symantec Corp. Microsoft said internet connections failed immediately for an unspecified number of more than 600,000 computers using Windows XP who downloaded and installed the update. Consumers could reconnect only by removing the update, which promised to improve reliability for types of secure Internet connections commonly used by corporations. | ||
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| #1 By 2459 (69.22.78.22) at 5/28/2003 5:38:37 PM |
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For something like a firewall that is designed to block network traffic, a small mistake could block all traffic.
That's basically what happened. From Neowin: Microsoft has released an update package to enhance the current functionality of the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) and Internet Protocol security (IPSec) on computers that are running Windows XP or Windows 2000. This update includes improvements to IPSec to better support virtual private network (VPN) clients behind network address translation (NAT) devices by implementing NAT as specified in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) RFC 3193 and draft-02 of the IETF NAT-T specification. The update also includes additional support for stronger IPSec protection by using the 2048-bit Diffie-Hellman algorithm (Group 14). IPSEC listens on UDP port 500 and UDP port 4500, if a none-Microsoft application or firewall is using the port -or- is being blocked by personal firewall even if the ports are opened by configuring the Personal firewalls advanced options - this problem may occur. Although this problem may seem like a error, it is in-fact just IPSEC using its default security setting, which is to make the connection safe. But in this case it can unfortunately cause loss of internet functionality. |
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