Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:

  • You deploy DirectAccess on a computer that is running Windows Server 2012 in a network environment. The environment contains some intranet resources that only have IPv4 addresses.

  • You enable external load balancing in the environment.

  • A DirectAccess client connects from the Internet to internal resources that only have IPv4 addresses.

In this scenario, DNS64 does not resolve the computer names of the internal resources. Therefore, clients cannot connect to the internal resources.

Cause

This issue occurs because the firewall does not enumerate loopback addresses and treats them as unknown addresses.

Resolution

Hotfix information

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 website:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=supportNote 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.

Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, you must be running Windows Server 2012.

Registry information

To apply this hotfix, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

Restart requirement

You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace a previously released hotfix.

File information

The global version of this hotfix installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and the times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and the times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

Windows Server 2012 file information notes

Important Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 updates are included in the same packages.

  • The files that apply to a specific product, milestone (RTM, SPn), and service branch (LDR, GDR) can be identified by examining the file version numbers as shown in the following table:

    Version

    Product

    Milestone

    Service branch

    6.2.920 0.16 xxx

    Windows Server 2012

    RTM

    GDR

    6.2.920 0.20 xxx

    Windows Server 2012

    RTM

    LDR

  • GDR service branches contain only those fixes that are widely released to address widespread, critical issues. LDR service branches contain hotfixes in addition to widely released fixes.

  • The MANIFEST files (.manifest) that are installed for each environment are listed separately in the "Additional file information for Windows Server 2012" section. MANIFEST files and the associated security catalog (.cat) files, are extremely important to maintain the state of the updated components. The security catalog files, for which the attributes are not listed, are signed with a Microsoft digital signature.

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Firewallapi.dll

6.2.9200.16455

757,760

10-Nov-2012

04:21

x64

Icfupgd.dll

6.2.9200.16455

105,984

10-Nov-2012

04:21

x64

Mpsdrv.sys

6.2.9200.16455

74,752

10-Nov-2012

03:55

x64

Mpssvc.dll

6.2.9200.16455

901,632

10-Nov-2012

04:21

x64

Wfapigp.dll

6.2.9200.16455

24,576

10-Nov-2012

04:22

x64

Firewallapi.dll

6.2.9200.20559

757,760

10-Nov-2012

04:22

x64

Icfupgd.dll

6.2.9200.20559

105,984

10-Nov-2012

04:22

x64

Mpsdrv.sys

6.2.9200.20559

74,752

10-Nov-2012

03:55

x64

Mpssvc.dll

6.2.9200.20559

901,632

10-Nov-2012

04:22

x64

Wfapigp.dll

6.2.9200.20559

24,576

10-Nov-2012

04:23

x64

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

More Information

For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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

Additional file information

Additional file information for Windows Server 2012

File name

Amd64_2a0b7fae30e458b3d4233f63f481d7e6_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16455_none_e8f6456a0f1f813b.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

1,032

Date (UTC)

12-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

05:15

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_32f03dc36439c9a564a59b8f663ce8da_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16455_none_03c93573373be170.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

695

Date (UTC)

12-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

05:15

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_67c567b0c15356d0fe7478a9ad41867b_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.20559_none_0e394a16033e9e7e.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

695

Date (UTC)

12-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

05:15

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_8a8b52a0bc2937ac28f67d4f2c7f9ece_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.20559_none_81bc8219965cd241.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

1,032

Date (UTC)

12-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

05:15

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_networking-mpssvc-svc_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16455_none_f2ff54d15187b63b.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

234,052

Date (UTC)

10-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

06:40

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_networking-mpssvc-svc_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.20559_none_f38cf2c46aa1bb61.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

234,052

Date (UTC)

10-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

06:30

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Wow64_networking-mpssvc-svc_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16455_none_fd53ff2385e87836.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

74,570

Date (UTC)

10-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

05:21

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Wow64_networking-mpssvc-svc_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.20559_none_fde19d169f027d5c.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

74,570

Date (UTC)

10-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

04:58

Platform

Not applicable

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