Re: Microsoft releases critical fix that breaks their own software!

From: Gavin Hanover (netmunkyat_private)
Date: Thu Jun 13 2002 - 10:19:56 PDT

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    In Media Player: View -> Options -> Advanced tab
    change the HTTP settings to No proxy, or configure your appropriate proxy
    settings
    
    Gavin
    
    ::
    
    > What classic MS, their newest critical alert dealing with the Gopher Root
    > Vulnerability discussed on Security Focus last week
    > [http://online.securityfocus.com/news/464] seems to break windows media
    > player.
    >
    > Is there any validity to this- and, does their fix work?
    >
    > More info on the microsoft critical alert:
    > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/
    > bulletin/MS02-027.asp
    > More info on the breakage: http://www.pivx.com/workaround_fail.html
    >
    > -masqitz
    >
    >
    



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