[12625] in bugtraq
Re: Windows NT update carries bug
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fabian Kroenner)
Wed Nov 17 15:33:13 1999
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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 19:45:27 +0100
Reply-To: Fabian Kroenner <kroenner@GMX.NET>
From: Fabian Kroenner <kroenner@GMX.NET>
X-To: "Alan J. Wylie" <alanw@CYRANO.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
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alanw@CYRANO.COM on Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 09:36:44AM +0000
On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 09:36:44AM +0000, Alan J. Wylie wrote:
>
> 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.
>
If you have already installed SP6, you can work around the problem by
replacing the file AFD.SYS (Ancillary Function Driver for Winsock)
with the version that comes with SP5. No sideeffects here.
However, I do not recommend installing SP6, until an official fix is
released.
Regards...
Fabian
