#! On Thu, Aug 09, 2001, Matthew Sackman wrote: >Yes, but I think the point that Cringely was making is that MS could >deliberately cause the internet to become crippled with DDoS attacks >with the Windows XP. So if they've already built in a new version of >TCP/IP without telling anyone then when the internet 'crashes', >everyone using winXP could discover that they have access to a new >internet. With 100 million users Cisco would have to be pretty dumb >not to move quickly to make sure a non-crippled internet was available >otherwise who'd get the blame? Surely not Microsoft? > >I hope it won't happen.
All this stuff about raw sockets in winxp is down to Steve Gibson's one man crusade never to be out of the news. For a calmer look at both Cringely and Gibson, look at this story on the Register. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/20908.html
