Microsoft KB Archive/839228

= Packets are dropped when you use raw sockets and the IPPROTO_ICMP protocol flag in Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 839228

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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SYMPTOMS
Winsock packets that are produced by using the SOCK_RAW type of socket and the IPPROTO_ICMP protocol flag may be dropped in Microsoft Windows 2000.



CAUSE
The problem occurs because of improper classification.



Update information
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the Update for Windows 2000 package now.

Release Date: November 21, 2006

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

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Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this update.

Update replacement information
This update does not replace any other updates.

File information
The English version of this update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name --  18-Sep-2000  22:01  5.0.2195.1569      33,616  Fips.sys 18-Mar-2004 20:08  5.0.2195.6883      80,944  Ipsec.sys 12-Dec-2003 18:34  5.0.2195.6882      29,456  Ipsecmon.exe 21-Sep-2003 00:55  5.0.2195.6824     390,928  Netdiag.exe 18-Mar-2004 21:00  5.0.2195.6882     417,552  Oakley.dll 18-Mar-2004 21:00  5.0.2195.6882      96,528  Polagent.dll 18-Mar-2004 21:00  5.0.2195.6882     137,488  Polstore.dll 18-Mar-2004 21:00  5.0.2195.6824      58,128  Rasman.dll 18-Mar-2004 21:00  5.0.2195.6872     153,872  Rasmans.dll 18-Mar-2004 21:00  5.0.2195.6824      54,032  Rastapi.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

816915 New file naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Keywords: kbqfe kbhotfixserver kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp5fix KB839228

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