> For Win95, I don't think they have RRAS for it.
M$ also doesn't support RRAS on NT workstation either, that's a shame.
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Ben Conrad
GTE Internetworking, Server Administration
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chan Yen Jet
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 9:13 PM
> To: Laris Benkis
> Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Re: Cable Modem Vulnerabilities
>
>
>
> On NT, you can install RRAS to filter what ever you want. For example
> ICMP router advertisement. I think this should be type 9 code 0, if I'm
> not wrong.
>
> With NT install, I would strongly recommended you install RRAS (Routing
> and Remote Access Services) because it really make us to have more control
> on networking in NT environment which NT has been lacking off. This is a
> free packages you can download from Microsoft NT Server homepage.
>
> For Win95, I don't think they have RRAS for it.
>
> Regards,
>
> == Yen Jet ==
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> Chan: "The bad news is, the Y2K bug will make all of our computers
> thinks it's the year 1900. The good news is, that gives us
> an extra 100 years to fix the problem!"
>
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>
> On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Laris Benkis wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 10:24:28 -0400
> > From: Laris Benkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Cable Modem Vulnerabilities
> >
> > On the subject of insecurities in cable environments here is a real
> > one. The Windows 98 stack will listen to ICMP router advertisements
> > and enter a new default route with metric 1000 if the advertisement
> > uses the default preference of 0. Router advertisements are sent to
> > the all hosts multicast address therefore they cross all bridge
> > boundaries. If the station receives an ICMP destination unreachable
> > from its configured default it will then change to the second default
> > route. This will result in a denial of service if the originator of
> > the advertisement does not forward the traffic, or a lovely
> > opportunity to sniff traffic if he does. Win95 and NT do not appear
> > to respond to router advertisements.
> >
> > Question - does anyone know of a registry setting to turn off
> > listening to router advertisements?
> >
> > Laris
> >
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