Microsoft States Full TCP/IP Too Dangerous

daria42 writes "To fully implement the TCP/IP protocol in Windows XP would make creating denial of service attacks 'entirely too trivial', Microsoft has claimed. The company was responding to claims by Nmap author and well-known security expert Fyodor that by repeatedly disabling the ability to send TCP/IP packets via the 'raw sockets' avenue, Microsoft was asking the security community to 'pick their poison': either cripple their operating system or leave it open to hackers. Admitting that a recent security patch had intentionally disabled a community-developed workaround to Microsoft's TCP/IP changes - which were first implemented in Windows XP Service Pack 2 - the company claimed it had received little negative feedback on the issue."

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Re:Ulterior motives

[EvilTwinSkippy]

I have managed to singlehandedly turn our place into a Mac shop overnight. My help-desk guys stroll into my office, see my iBook screen spanning, and drool. One screen Mac, one screen Windows, and no screens running our headless servers in the basement. (They are all controlled remotely.)

About the only thing I needed to add was a USB-serial adapter with a copy of Zterm so I can program the switches. I run our 3com network management software on a copy of Virtual PC. (Come on guys, it's written in Java. Why is there only a Windows version?)

MOD parent post UP

[NullProg]

Needs to be discussed.

The Microsoft States of America

[caluml]

Is that the Microsoft States of America?

Re:The Microsoft States of America

[AvantLegion]

Is that the Microsoft States of America?

We're all living in Amerika
Amerika ist wunderbar

MSFT = Hillary Clinton

[Money for Nothin']

Hillary: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." (aye Comrade!)

Microsoft: "We're going to take raw sockets away from you on behalf of the common good."

WTF, they're equally detestable...