The Ipsecpol.exe Tool May Run Slowly

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This article was previously published under Q275187

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SYMPTOMS

The Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kit Ipsecpol.exe tool may run very slowly. This issue can occur when you are creating many IP Security (IPSec) objects (roughly 1,000).

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CAUSE

This issue occurs because the Ipsecpol.exe tool checks the objects in a way that does not scale for a large number of objects.

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A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support (http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support)

Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language. The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date             Time    Size    File name   
   ----------------------------------------
   3/22/2001	03:31p    29,184	Ipsecpol.exe
   3/22/2001	03:31p   312,320	Ipsecpol.pdb
   3/22/2001	03:23p    20,480	Text2pol.dll
   3/22/2001	03:23p   230,400	Text2pol.pdb

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/265173/EN-US/ ) The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296861/EN-US/ ) Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249149/EN-US/ ) Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

NOTE: This hotfix introduced a new behavior in the ipsecpol.exe Resource Kit utility. The -file option was added. The -file option allows users to specify the command arguments in a file rather than on the command line. The -file option identifies the file which contains the command arguments.

There is a restriction with this release of the Ipsecpol.exe utility when using the -file option. The length of the command argument text (in the file) is limited to 254 characters.

This limitation will be lifted with the Ipsecpol.exe Resource Kit utility in the August 2001 release of the Resource kit.

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