Bugtraq: Re: Windows NT update carries bug

[alanw () CYRANO COM (Alan J. Wylie)]

> > > > > "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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