! XP + Cisco 5000

[Ron Peterson]

Someone forwarded this to me at work:


Do Not Plug WXP In Your Cisco Network Yet: Crash Warning

Computer Reseller News reported something 'interesting'. MS found out
about an incompatibility between Windows XP and Cisco Systems' Catalyst
5000 switch. The conflicts can cause your corporate networks to crash. The
unexpected incompatibility sits between the 802.1x wireless security
feature in Windows XP and the Cisco switch software that has a bug. Cisco
has a fix on its website.

This week, Redmond sent an e-mail to all of Microsoft Consulting Services
(MCS) to not plug Windows XP machines into any network without explicit
approval of the client's IT department. What seems to have happened is
that a Microsoft consultant plugged a laptop running Windows XP into a
site and took the entire company down.

Some adventurous souls in Xerox did the same, and brought the whole
network down. Xerox sent an email to all 50,000 employees and told them
that if they plugged in WXP and brought the network down, they would pay
for the damage out of their paycheck. Sounds like they mean it. More at:
http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=041601-Cisco-WXP-Crash

-Ron-
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