********** More on TCP/IP in Windows XP: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02094.html http://www.politechbot.com/p-02093.html ********** From: rmsat_private (Richard M. Smith) To: <jeredat_private>, <steveat_private> Cc: <declanat_private> Subject: Re: More on suing Microsoft for order blocking Windows XP shipments Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 17:05:18 -0400 Hi, >>> root users have been able to open raw sockets >>> and spoof addresses for years and years. Are there any legit uses for IP address spoofing? Has Microsoft said yet why they are adding in this new feature? I've been a Windows 9X users for years and never seem to have a reason to do spoofing........ Richard ********** To: rmsat_private (Richard M. Smith) Cc: <steveat_private>, <declanat_private> Subject: Re: More on suing Microsoft for order blocking Windows XP shipments From: Jered Floyd <jeredat_private> Date: 02 Jun 2001 17:18:33 -0400 rmsat_private (Richard M. Smith) writes: > >>> and spoof addresses for years and years. > > Are there any legit uses for IP address spoofing? Microsoft isn't adding "IP address spoofing". What they are adding is the ability to open raw sockets and write arbitrary data as an IP packet. This functionality, for instance, is required to write a DHCP client, as you need to send out packets before you have an address. This is also necessary if you want to send packet types that the Microsoft IP stack doesn't support. (I'm not familiar with what Microsoft supports currently, but if you were writing a multicast client and Microsoft didn't provide a mechanism to send IGMP packets, then raw sockets would allow you to do so.) --Jered ********** From: rmsat_private (Richard M. Smith) To: "Declan McCullagh" <declanat_private>, "'Jered Floyd'" <jeredat_private>, <steveat_private> Subject: NYTimes: Expert Says Windows XP Aids Vandals Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 10:40:14 -0400 http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/04/technology/04FLAW.html The Internet is sustaining a growing plague of attacks that overwhelm Web sites by flooding them with data, and an Internet security expert is warning Microsoft that the planned consumer rollout of its Windows XP operating system for personal computers could make the global network even more vulnerable. The software, which Microsoft plans to begin selling in the fall, adds some powerful Internet-connection capabilities that the security expert has urged the company to remove before putting the product on the market. The new features, he says, makes server computers more susceptible to a type of Web intrusion known as a distributed denial of service attack, in which attackers remotely commandeer hundreds of personal computers connected to the Internet and use them to release a disabling deluge of data against a specific Web site. ********** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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