John Hebert wrote: <em>> --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <em>> <em>>> Hmm. Is this about the raw socket deal with Windows <em>>> XP? Raw sockets have <em>>> been available in the UNIX world for a while, so I <em>>> guess that means UNIX <em>>> vendors are no better? <em>> <em>> <em>> From my understanding of Gibson's writings, he says <em>> that raw sockets are a problem in Windows XP because <em>> most people use M$ Windows operating systems <em>> (well, duh) AND M$ doesn't seem to have its act <em>> together when it comes to network security (hmmm, <em>> he's got a point). So, distributing M$ Windows XP <em>> with raw sockets for home users who don't properly <em>> secure their machines will only give DDOS script <em>> kiddies more platforms to attack from. <p>The problem lies in the fact that what is normally "priviledged" sockets (0-1024) have no secuity on them. On Unix a great deal of time is spent on securing these ports for only root access. On windows, to maintain backwards compatibility with win98 apps, there will be no security on these ports. Shannon <em>> <em>> <em>> :P <em>> <em>> John <em>> <em>> __________________________________________________ <em>> Do You Yahoo!? <em>> Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail <em>> http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ <em>> ================================================ <em>> BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>> Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. <em>> Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>> your subscription information. <em>> ================================================ <p><p><p>================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================ <!-- body="end" --> <hr noshade> <ul> <li><strong>Next message:</strong> john beamon: "RE: [brluglist] Fw: Steve Gibson's July/2001 News from GRC.COM ..." <li><strong>Previous message:</strong> Larry Braud: "Re: [brluglist] Fw: Steve Gibson's July/2001 News from GRC.COM ..." <li><strong>In reply to:</strong> John Hebert: "Re: [brluglist] Fw: Steve Gibson's July/2001 News from GRC.COM ..." <li><strong>Next in thread:</strong> Dustin Puryear: "Re: [brluglist] Fw: Steve Gibson's July/2001 News from GRC.COM ..." <li><strong>Reply:</strong> Dustin Puryear: "Re: [brluglist] Fw: Steve Gibson's July/2001 News from GRC.COM ..." <li><strong>Messages sorted by:</strong> [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ] </ul> <hr noshade>
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