I've successfully captured an XP image with the firewall turned OFF (i.e. the service is disabled), so I imagine this wouldn't be much different in that regard.
Now, NOT having those system calls available to the script at all (i.e. your old/unsupported version of XP) might cause the script to hang/error out, and there may be other known or unknown compatibility issues with other parts of VCL for non-updated XP. Does the Cygwin script complete? Or does it terminate after that error? On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Evelio Quiros <[email protected]> wrote: > Can anyone comment on this please ? > Thanks, > Al Q > > > On 8/7/12 2:44 PM, "Evelio Quiros" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Sorry, used the wrong subject line before: > > > >> > >>Hello group, > >> > >>I may have mentioned this before, so bear with me. > >> > >>I would like to deploy an unpatched Windows XP OS for a hacking class. > >>This is used as a target to launch several well-known exploits by > >>students. > >> > >>The problem is when I try to configure Cygwin, I get a failure in setting > >>the Windows Firewall. > >> > >>That is because there is no Windows Firewall in this early version of XP. > >> > >>Is there a known fix for this ? Can I 'safely' (relatively) comment out > >>the sections of the config file that deal with the Firewall ? > >> > >>I know this is an unsafe system, but that's the point. We need this to > >>show students the importance of updating their OS and protecting > >>themselves from attack. > >> > >>Any idea how I can capture this unpatched image ? > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Al Quiros > >>Florida International University > >> > > > >
