Comments on: Microsoft releases two security patches for Windows http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/09/microsoft-releases-two-security-patches-for-windows/ A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lorissahttp://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/09/microsoft-releases-two-security-patches-for-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-234320 Lorissa Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:29:16 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/09/microsoft-releases-two-security-patches-for-windows/#comment-234320 Yes, and the patch that deals with Windows TCP/IP changes the half-open connections back to the default setting of 10 for XP and most likely to whatever it is by default for Vista too. This means that all the proxy forum sites will be flooded with posts again as to why people are receiving nearly all "timeouts" when testing proxies with proxy analyzing software. Rerun the patch available at http://www.lvllord.de/ following the install of the Windows patch. Yes, and the patch that deals with Windows TCP/IP changes the half-open connections back to the default setting of 10 for XP and most likely to whatever it is by default for Vista too.

This means that all the proxy forum sites will be flooded with posts again as to why people are receiving nearly all “timeouts” when testing proxies with proxy analyzing software.

Rerun the patch available at http://www.lvllord.de/ following the install of the Windows patch.

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