] Microsoft pulled a security improvement for its Windows ] XP operating system after it apparently crippled many of ] the Internet connections of the roughly 600,000 users who ] installed it. According to this Associated Press report, ] the patch ('recommended' update 818043) was posted on the ] Windows-Update service last Friday, but didn't quite get ] along with Symantec products. The patch was intended to ] modify the way IPSec encryption was utilized by machines ] behind firewalls, as well as to improve the support of ] virtual private network VPN clients behind network ] address translation (NAT) hardware. So what else is new? broadband » News » MS Recalls Troublesome Patch - Windows XP Update pulls internet plug for many |