UPDATE...Bug Alert: Windows 2000 Server Contains Defect

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Title: Bug Alert: Windows 2000 Server Contains Potentially Debilitating Defect

By Imran Anwar, Computer Reseller News New York 2:54 PM EST Thurs., Mar. 30, 2000

A defect in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 Server poses a potentially devastating threat to ISPs, point-of-sale (POS) systems and small- to midsize businesses.

The killer bug was identified by two independent sources. Upon a thorough examination of the product, the CRN Test Center has verified that the bug exists.

The defect prohibits administrators from adding more than 51 IP addresses to a Windows 2000 Server configured as a domain controller (DC). Doing so stops the server from authenticating users and prevents the administrative tools from working.

Among the first to identify this problem, Terabyte Computers, Inc., a Boone, N.C.-based consulting firm specializing in networks, sought a solution from Microsoft but was unsuccessful.

After being alerted to the problem, Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft took five days to attempt to reproduce it and took even longer to admit there was a problem. Microsoft calls the defect an "issue," not a bug. CRN http://www.crn.com/dailies/digest/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=15279

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