[ipv6-tf] [Fwd: RE: Windows 2000: Windows Update no longer works if IPv6 is installed]

[Bartek Gajda]

Przesylam, mysle ze dosc wazna informacje-ostrzezenie, na temat wsparcia
IPv6 w Windows 2000, gdzie jest ono mozliwe jedynie za pomoca "Tech
Preview", ktory jednak, jak wypowiada sie czlowiek z Microsoftu
(ponizej) jest przestarzaly, nie zawiera pozniejszych aktualizacji dziur
w bezpieczenstwie i co za tym idzie, moze byc niebezpieczny w
niezabezpieczonych (zewnetrznie) sieciach.

pozdrawiam,
Bartek

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	RE: Windows 2000: Windows Update no longer works if IPv6 is
installed
Date: 	Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:00:46 -0800
From: 	Brian Zill <bzill w microsoft.com>
To: 	Peter Bieringer <pb w bieringer.de>, <jordi.palet w consulintel.es>,
<users w ipv6.org>



The IPv6 "Tech Preview" for Windows 2000 contains a modified version of
wininet.dll (the modifications were to enable Internet Explorer to
access IPv6 web sites on that platform).  Because this version of
wininet.dll doesn't contain any of the subsequent security fixes to
same, we recommend that people don't use the Windows 2000 IPv6 Tech
Preview outside of isolated test labs.

It is also possible that this ancient version of wininet.dll causes IE
to misbehave with Windows Update.

If you insist upon running the IPv6 Tech Preview, however, you can avoid
possible problems with this old wininet.dll by saving away the
up-to-date version of wininet.dll found in your "%SystemRoot%\system32
directory" *before* installing the Tech Preview and then restoring it to
the same place after installing the Tech Preview.  You will likely lose
IPv6 web browsing capability via IE though.

Note that as a "Tech Preview", the release of IPv6 for Windows 2000
was/is not supported and was intended for testing purposes only.  Also,
the code is four or five years old at this point and doesn't reflect any
changes to the IPv6 standards made by the working group in the meantime.
So you're really on your own if you want to continue using it.  We
recommend using the IPv6 implementations in Windows Server 2003 and/or
Windows XP (SP1 or later), both of which are supported (and updated by
Windows Update if need be).

--Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-users w ipv6.org [mailto:owner-users w ipv6.org] On 
> Behalf Of Peter Bieringer
> Sent: Sunday, 06 November, 2005 22:17
> To: jordi.palet w consulintel.es; users w ipv6.org
> Subject: Re: Windows 2000: Windows Update no longer works if 
> IPv6 is installed
> 
> Hi Jordi,
> 
> --On Sunday, November 06, 2005 09:35:57 AM -0800 JORDI PALET 
> MARTINEZ <jordi.palet w consulintel.es> wrote:
> 
> > I've not noticed that, may be something else is creating 
> the conflict 
> > in your case ?
> 
> It occurs on 3 German W2K installations (one in VMware), 
> perhaps (I didn't know anymore) after installation of the 
> .Net 1.1 upgrade via "Microsoft Update".
> 
> > I will try to double check in one of our servers and 
> confirm you back.
> 
> Great. I will try also to confirm this next weeks by clean 
> installations of DE and EN in VMware.
> 
> Regards,
>         Peter
> -- 
> Dr. Peter Bieringer                     http://www.bieringer.de/pb/
> GPG/PGP Key 0x958F422D               mailto: pb at bieringer dot de 
> Deep Space 6 Co-Founder and Core Member  http://www.deepspace6.net/
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