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TCP connections fix/patch for SP2

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  • 13-08-2004 8:20pm
    #1
    radiospan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,330 ✭✭✭


    I found a patch on this website http://www.lvllord.de/index2.htm which supposedly fixes a problem when using eMule with SP2.

    Supposedly, SP2 limits the number of TCP/IP connections per second to 10, as a security feature, and the patch on the website above returns it to the pre-SP2 setting.

    The site looks like it could be dodgy, should I install the patch?


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    #2
    zt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 79 ✭✭zt


    PlazzTT,

    The description states that accepting TCP connections is slowed to 10 per second. This means inbound connections to your machine. (At this usage the machine would be a busy little web or mail server).

    Do you have a web server or other server that accepts inbound connections?

    From the description OUTBOUND traffic should not be affected.

    Some networking software has patches that limit the number of connections in a specific state. This is to prevent DOS type attacks.

    Have a look at Microsoft.com if you are worried about a specific performance issue. I would avoid installing this type of patch.

    plazzTT wrote:
    I found a patch on this website http://www.lvllord.de/index2.htm which supposedly fixes a problem when using eMule with SP2.

    Supposedly, SP2 limits the number of TCP/IP connections per second to 10, as a security feature, and the patch on the website above returns it to the pre-SP2 setting.

    The site looks like it could be dodgy, should I install the patch?


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    daggeredge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭daggeredge


    echoed as well by me - friend did something similar and had an infected computer the next day! (also a dialler from what i remember, after that little virus prob was cleared up! could be unrelated...)


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