[12601] in bugtraq
Re: Windows NT update carries bug
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan J. Wylie)
Tue Nov 16 12:26:35 1999
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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 09:36:44 +0000
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From: "Alan J. Wylie" <alanw@CYRANO.COM>
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>>>>> "Ken" == Williams, Ken <ken.williams@EY.COM> writes:
[snip]
Ken> A software update for Microsoft's Windows NT operating system
Ken> introduced a bug that could potentially cripple Lotus Notes
Ken> unless companies compromise network security.
Ken> The bug in Windows NT Service Pack 6 prevents users from
Ken> accessing Lotus Notes without administrator rights--the
Ken> highest and broadest level of access typically reserved for
Ken> network managers.
[snip]
SP6 also stops VNC[1] from working unless run with administrator
privileges. The error message is something like "error
disabling Nagle's algorithm". This is apparently a result of
a _tightening_ of security in the TCP/IP code.
For more discussion, see:
http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/archives/1999-11/0087.html
[1] an open source cross platform remote display system,
http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/
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