From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 00:02:00 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 578 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Friday 28 March 2003 Number 578 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 [os2genau] OS/2 supported h/w m/b chipsets: lan, sound, video ? : Voytek Eymont 2 [os2genau] NT too flawed to fix ;-) : John Angelico" 3 Re: [os2genau] NT too flawed to fix ;-) : Voytek Eymont **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:44:44 From: Voytek Eymont Subject: [os2genau] OS/2 supported h/w m/b chipsets: lan, sound, video ? I'm thinking to upgrade some of my ancient hardware, like the P-II I have at home. is there a reference somewhere to m/b and m/b video, lan, sound chipsets that are supported by OS/2 ? Voytek Eymont ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:51:43 +1100 (EDT) From: "John Angelico" Subject: [os2genau] NT too flawed to fix ;-) From the Register today http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/29985.html. Funny, I always thought NT was like, um, nearly as good as OS/2 Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG talldad at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ____________________________________________ NT4.0 too flawed to fix - official By John Leyden Posted: 27/03/2003 at 17:42 GMT There's a nasty rider with Microsoft's latest security problem for NT users. Although a denial of service risk exists in an "important" security vulnerability, publicised yesterday affecting NT 4.0, Redmond tells users not to expect a patch for that operating system anytime soon. Windows 2000 and XP users do have access to a fix, designed to address a flaw involving Endpoint Mapper, but the best on offer for Win NT users is advice to shelter vulnerable servers behind a firewall. The vulnerability involves the Microsoft's implementation of Remote Procedure Call protocol, more specifically the component that deals with message exchange over TCP/IP. Malformed messages received by the Endpoint Mapper process, which listens on TCP/IP port 135, might cause a server to hang. Microsoft has provided patches with this bulletin to correct this vulnerability for Windows 2000 and Windows XP, but not Windows NT 4.0 - even though the OS is affected. In a surprisingly candid admission, the company states that fixing NT4.0 is simply too difficult. "The architectural limitations of Windows NT 4.0 do not support the changes that would be required to remove this vulnerability," Microsoft says. "Windows NT 4.0 users are strongly encouraged to employ the workaround discussed in the FAQ in the bulletin, which is to protect the NT 4.0 system with a firewall that blocks Port 135." Firewalling will probably keep external attackers at bay but the flaw gives attackers with intranet access considerable scope to crash, though not (it would seem root), inherently vulnerable NT4 boxes. ÿ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:55:24 From: Voytek Eymont Subject: Re: [os2genau] NT too flawed to fix ;-) ** Reply to note from "John Angelico" Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:51:43 +1100 (EDT) > Funny, I always thought NT was like, um, nearly as good as OS/2 all them $$upgrades$$ makes Bill a wealthy boy Voytek Eymont ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------