[Full-Disclosure] Raw sockets elimination in Windows XP SP2

From: Edward Ray (support_at_mmicman.com)
Date: 08/27/04

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 06:31:00 -0700

     Should this topic already have been discussed on FD, my apologies.

    IMHO, crippling the TCP/IP stack instead of Fixing a flawed OS is not the
    way to do things.

    According the Fyodor, author of Nmap, MS did not even implement it properly,
    as Nmap v3.55-SP2 has been provided for a workaround.

    MS also throttled TCP connections which affects P2P networks. Now that
    companies are embracing P2P for their own internal networks, this is another
    reason not to upgrade to SP2.

    I guess I will have to leave my laptop dual boot for the time being...

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