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MS reply, for all this nonsense http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/ raw_sockets.asp Benny Fischer Chief Technical Officer Infinet Internet Services [email protected] 480-<snip> > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > Ron Buchalski > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 2:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: GRC rides again... > > > > Chris Rapier writes: > >From: Chris Rapier <[email protected]> > >CC: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: GRC rides again... > >Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 10:45:39 -0400 > > > >My feeling is that he's missing some clues regarding the necessary > >realities of the situation. Its not so much a matter of laziness, > > <snip> > > >I'm also sure that XP might increase the number of spoofed packets > >running through the network. If that spurs more ISPs to use source > >address filtering them thats a good thing. Even if they don't it is > >possible to track down where a spoofed IP is coming from - its more of a > >social engineering issue than a technical one. > > > The GRC page talks about his dos attack, and he also rants about the > "dangers" of the IP stack in XP, but his dos attack didn't come > from sources > sending spoofed packets, so source address filtering wouldn't > have helped in > this case. GRC complaining about the spoofed packet problem should be a > separate rant on his website (who knows...it probably is!). > > -rb > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > >
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