Re: Can't VPN or RD for 5 min. after logon?

From: Vincent Fatica (abuse_at_localhost)
Date: 08/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:45:11 -0400

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:21:47 -0400, "Chris P. [MVP]" <msdn@chrisnet.net>
wrote:

>Vincent Fatica wrote:
>> What's more ... the SYSTEM account apparently has full network access
>> during the time I, an admin, do not. I run an SMTP server (as SYSTEM
>> via the AUTOEXNT service) which can/does accept incoming connections,
>> while I can't make outgoing ones with an email client. And I run a
>> news server (DNEWS, a stand alone service) which can initiate NNTP
>> connections (to "suck" news) at the same time that I cannot make such
>> a connection with a news client.
>
>As I recall SP2 made some changes in the way that network related drivers
>are loaded during startup. The idea was that if there were any filter
>drivers that needed to be loaded, that network traffic would be blocked
>until all drivers were loaded.
>
>Your situation is a little more bizarre as some stuff seems to be working
>and others not. My guess is that you have a 3rd party VPN or firewall
>service running on these systems and it is somehow interferring.
>

There's no third party firewall. I use IPSEC and SecurityPolicy to
block most of what's outside North America (totally) as well dangerous
ports on the internet interface. In addition, "sharing" and "client"
are not bound to the internet interface (but are to the VPN and my other
(LAN) NIC.

That said, I still have the problem with any of the following on or off:
Windows Firewall, IPSEC service, Security Center, policy-based firewall
(assigned/unassigned), the news server, the mail server.

I mentioned earlier that the mail server (as SYSTEM) could receive mail
during the outage; true, but it cannot send mail during that time. 

-- 
 - Vince

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