Description:
Symptoms
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Using IE 5.5 or IE 6 with security patch MS01-055 on Windows platform to access TIBCO Administrator will cause session persistent issue such as the log on box keeps appearing and can not log on to the Administrator GUI.

Impact
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Loss of Functionality

Workaround
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Use Netscape browser or IE 5, or use server's IP address instead of the domain name.

Cause
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The server host name or domain name contains characters not following the RFC833 domain name naming conventions. Allowed characters are alphanumeric, "." and "-".  You see this problem when using IE 5.5 or IE 6 with security patch MS01-055 on Windows platform. For detail, see Microsoft article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;316112#appliesto

Resolution
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Change the host name and domain name to use alphanumeric characters only or use IP address in specifying the server URL.
Symptoms:

Cause:

Can not log on to Admin 512 HTTP GUI using IE 5.5 or IE 6 and the log on box keeps coming back