* Patch for Microsoft SSL vulnerability can crash some Windows 2000 machines Today, we continue our discussion of the Microsoft Secure Sockets Layer buffer overflow vulnerability. According to Netcraft’s March survey of SSL servers, some 39% of all Web facing servers that support SSL run Microsoft Windows 2000.Should you be one of those lucky sites and you have applied the patch to fix the aforementioned vulnerability (that would be the Windows MS04-011 security patch), sorry, but your problems may not be over.It turns out that the patch, which addresses 14 separate security holes, includes a bug that crashes some Windows 2000 machines.According to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 841382, dated May 3, 2004 and titled (rather depressingly) “Your Windows 2000-based computer stops responding, you cannot log on to Windows, or your CPU usage for the System process approaches 100 percent,” the patch will cause the problem described in the title if any one of the following drivers is installed: Ipsecw2k.sys, Imcide.sys, or Dlttape.sys. The Knowledge Base article describes the problem further and explains that a hotfix is available from Microsoft specifically for systems displaying this problem. Microsoft says: “To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix.”Hopefully this will be the last we’ll hear of this vulnerability. Related content news DRAM prices slide as the semiconductor industry starts to decline TSMC is reported to be cutting production runs on its mature process nodes as a glut of older chips in the market is putting downward pricing pressure on DDR4. By Sam Reynolds Nov 29, 2023 3 mins Flash Storage Technology Industry news analysis Cisco, AWS strengthen ties between cloud-management products Combining insights from Cisco ThousandEyes and AWS into a single view can dramatically reduce problem identification and resolution time, the vendors say. By Michael Cooney Nov 28, 2023 4 mins Network Management Software Cloud Computing opinion Is anything useful happening in network management? Enterprises see the potential for AI to benefit network management, but progress so far is limited by AI’s ability to work with company-specific network data and the range of devices that AI can see. By Tom Nolle Nov 28, 2023 7 mins Generative AI Network Management Software brandpost Sponsored by HPE Aruba Networking SASE, security, and the future of enterprise networks By Adam Foss, VicePresident Pre-sales Consulting, HPE Aruba Networking Nov 28, 2023 4 mins SASE Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe