Daniel F. Administrators Posted May 29, 2003 Administrators Share Posted May 29, 2003 A FEATURE IN a Windows update which caused PCs to be unable to smurf the Interweb was a value add, a Microsoft representative has told Neowin. The infamous Q818043 update, Microsoft programming manager Simon Conant tells Neowin today, would help Windows XP clients run the IPSEC security protocol with NAT translation. This was all part of an attempt to add support for the 2048-bit Diffie-Hellman algorithm (Group 14) IPSEC protection, said Conant, using words of one syllable. IPSEC puts its lughole to UDP ports 500 and 4500 and if a non-Microsoft app uses the port or is being blocked by a firewall, a machine might get wax in its earhole, or something of the like. You can find the full Microsoft explanation here. As we say here in Blighty: Tell it to the Marines. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9747 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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