Re: Off Topic: Any reported issues with MS08-067 functionality?

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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For what it's worth, I just tried again and it seems to work okay.

Granted, I'm now on an _open_ wifi vs. a WPA/WPA2 or WEP connection, but
I'm not sure if  that makes any difference.

Greetz from the bar in D.C. :-)

- - ferg


On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Larry Seltzer <larry () larryseltzer com>
wrote:

> I'm on Wifi and it didn't mess with me. The bug has to do with resolving
> canonical names in shares (see
> http://blogs.msdn.com/sdl/archive/2008/10/22/ms08-067.aspx), so I can't
> see why it would have the effect you describe, but everyone knows this
> shit's too complicated.
>
> Larry Seltzer
> eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
> http://security.eweek.com/
> http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/
> Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
> larry.seltzer () ziffdavisenterprise com
>
>
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> On Behalf Of Paul Ferguson
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> Subject: [funsec] Off Topic: Any reported issues with MS08-067
> functionality?
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> Was just wondering if anyone else has experienced WiFi (?) connectivity
> problems after installed MS08-067 today...
>
> I have two valid instances (myself :-) and a colleague) where after
> rebooting, we cannot successfully retrieve the proper DHCP information
> after connecting to an access-point. We both did exactly the same thing
> (independently, by the way) -- reverted to an earlier (today) restore
> point, rebooted and
> the problem went away. I haven't tried to reinstall it since then, since
> I
> am traveling at the moment...
>
> Just curious...
>
> - - ferg

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