John Hiemenz wrote:
> On Friday 03 August 2001 11:44, Jim Conner wrote:
> > The Death of TCP/IP: Why the Age of Internet Innocence is Over
> >
> > http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010802.html
> >
> > It's an interesting theory. I thought I'd send this link out due to
> > the talk in another thread about security and virii. If what he says
> > is even half true, it's scary. I'd like to hear more opinions on
> > this from those here that know tcp/ip better than I do.
> >
>
> My understanding of TCP/IP is that it is only a road for something to
> travel on. TCP/IP is not concerned with security, the datagrams that
> travel along TCP/IP are what need to be secured, as ssh does but telnet
> does not.
>
The problem is not tcp/ip itself, but how MS purportedly intends to allow raw
socket access in XP - in other words it's not the highway, but how MS is
building the on ramps.
--
burns
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