By Imran Anwar,
A defect in Microsoft's Windows 2000 Server poses a potentially devastating threat to ISPs, point-of-sale systems and small to midsize businesses.
The killer bug was identified by two independent sources. Upon a thorough examination of the product, the CRN Test Center has verified that the bug exists.
The defect prohibits administrators from adding more than 51 IP addresses to a Windows 2000 server configured as a domain controller. Doing so stops the server from authenticating users and prevents the administrative tools from working.
Among the first to identify this problem, Terabyte Computers, a Boone, N.C.-based consulting firm specializing in networks, sought a solution from Microsoft but was unsuccessful.
After being alerted to the problem, Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft (stock: MSFT) took five days to attempt to reproduce it and took even longer to admit there was a problem. Microsoft calls the defect an "issue," not a bug.
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