Shannon Roddy wrote: <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. <em>> The problem lies in the fact that what is normally "priviledged" sockets <em>> (0-1024) have no secuity on them. On Unix a great deal of time is spent <em>> on securing these ports for only root access. On windows, to maintain <em>> backwards compatibility with win98 apps, there will be no security on <em>> these ports. <p>I don't really see how that is an issue. The use of what UNIX deems as priviledged ports shouldn't be a real factor in real-world security design. Regards, Dustin <p><p><p><em>> <em>> Shannon <em>> <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] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to change <em>>>your subscription information. <em>>>================================================ <em>>> <em>> <p> -- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear In the beginning the Universe was created. This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams ================================================ 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. ================================================
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