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| Thread ID: 47972 | 2004-08-10 11:27:00 | XPSP2 will limit your max. connections/sec | PressF1 User (1065) | Press F1 |
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| 260313 | 2004-08-10 11:27:00 | I have now seen a number overseas forums wher users are getting rather irate about their connections (P2P etc) becoming limited with XP SP2 applied: __________________________________________________ __ Just found this in my event-log after starting emule: "EventID 4226 TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts" This is what I get from a M$-Guy when i asked him why XPSP2 slows down programs like emule which open many connections to different destinations: "Thanks very much for responding. This new feature is one of the stack's "springboards", security features designed to proactively reduce the future threat from attacks like blaster and Sasser that typically spread by opening connections to random addresses. In fact, if this feature had already been deployed, Sasser would have taken much longer to spread. It's not likely to help stop the spread of spam unless spammers are trying to reach open email relays in the same way, by opening connections on smtp ports of random IP addresses. This is new with XP SP2 and we're trying to get it right so that it does not interfere with normal system operation or performance of normal, legitimate applications, but does slow the spread of viral code. New connection attempts over the limit for half-open connections get queued and worked off at a certain (limited rate)." __________________________________________________ __ Are any others aware of this, and if so do you have any help regarding how to correct it? (if it is at all correctable) |
PressF1 User (1065) | ||
| 260314 | 2004-08-10 11:41:00 | Damn, that sucks. As an Emule user myself, I find this pretty stupid. | kiki (762) | ||
| 260315 | 2004-08-10 11:45:00 | >Are any others aware of this, and if so do you have any help regarding how to correct it? (if it is at all correctable) b1naryb0y posted a comment about this, and a third party workaround link on this thread (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz). |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 260316 | 2004-08-10 11:47:00 | To quote from b1naryboy's post on the FAQ#66 post...... There is a patch available here (www.lvllord.de), that will change the default 10 connection limit to 50. This should give filesharing programs enough TCP connections to work correctly while still enforcing a limit and providing the security that Microsoft intended. |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 260317 | 2004-08-10 12:05:00 | Thanks guys for the link to the patch - it was driving me nuts! I'll definately sleep a lot better, unless of course there's something else thats been done under the XP SP2 hood? | PressF1 User (1065) | ||
| 260318 | 2004-08-10 14:28:00 | > unless of course there's something else thats been > done under the XP SP2 hood? Re-enable Messenger Service ]:) |
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