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"H M" wrote in message
... in Win 98 it was impossible to send packets with spoofed IP addresses. With the Microsoft-supplied software, true. With add-on software, not true at all. that feature was only included in XP. now every PC running XP can participate in DrDOS attacks on other computers, with or without the owner's consent or even knowledge (if someone manages to install a zombie or a bot on the system). Every PC running Windows 98 (or any other operating system) can participate in denial-of-service attacks on other computers, with or without the owner's consent or even knowledge. Raw sockets have NOTHING to do with this. In fact, raw sockets are only really important for a DOS attack if the attacker is using their own machine, since they don't care if a zombie machine is easily traced. the decision to include fully open raw sockets was FOOLISH. If you actually knew anything about network security, rather than just blindly believing what you read on Steve Gibsons lame-ass web site, you wouldn't say so. the ONLY people who NEED raw sockets are system administrators (for testing purposes, and even that doesn't require FULLY open raw sockets) and evil hackers (to attack other systems). Why are you running your XP machine with admin privileges? On XP, only adminstrators have the ability to use raw sockets. Which, by the way, is exactly as it is in OS X, Linux, and other Unix variants. The decision for XP to include raw sockets was primarily based on the fact that Windows was not compliant with the socket standard. Including raw sockets made XP work the same as other operating systems. sys admins (should) know better than attack other systems, and evil hackers have no business doing what they do. Raw sockets have nothing to do with whether evil hackers do what they do or not. Any hacker who wanted to use raw sockets would have just set up a Linux box. XP has been out for quite a while now. Where are all the raw-socket DOS attacks that Gibson claims were going to happen? Pete |
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