Whats the story with WinGate?
While not exactly a Windows NT-only issue, it seriously affects Windows 95 users as many have installed this product. WinGate is a product that allows IP masquerading through a single Windows 95/98/NT box onto the Internet. WinGate comes in three flavors — WinGate Home, Wingate Standard, and WinGate Pro. It is so popular for home users because with a few points and clicks the entire home network can be talking to the Internet through a single PC that has a modem attached. The home version is also around $40 for 3 users, making it very cheap. Older versions are still around, including WinGate Lite, which are free. Older versions are also subject to denial of service. Telnetting repeatedly to localhost from a WinGate will crash it as it eventually runs out of resources. Connecting to port 2080 and dumping in about 2K of junk will crash WinGate. Pointing your web browser to a WinGate machine via port 8010 will either give you the error message of “connection cannot be established” or you
