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Re: raw-sockets and Win-XP SP2
From: "Leigh" <hst () iprimus com au>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 04:37:51 +1000
I am beta testing XP SP2 and I think nmap is working okay for me thus far (although I have had horrendous problems with programs that use packet.dll even in XP SP1 & nmap always wants -P0 but I thought this may have something to do with my IDS). We are currently on release 2 of the SP and I am with no idea when the final is. Judging by the number of people whinging on the listserv with nasty errors in the networking/security aspects - it will probably be a long while coming.
I have quizzed them about why they are doing this & I'll let you know what they say (if/when I get a reply). And yeah, Steve Gibson is an arse who I guess happens to release good utilities for noob windows users every once in a while. What is he going on about anyway?, to my knowledge there are no trojans or worms that exclusively use raw sockets? but I could be wrong about that.
It appears that we would need is the negative of his existing "socket lock" program (that unfortunately *disables* :( raw sockets), im sure it would be possible for some bright spark to code.
Leigh hst () iprimus com au----- Original Message ----- From: "Gisle Vanem" <giva () bgnett no>
To: "Nmap-dev" <nmap-dev () insecure org> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 2:47 AM Subject: raw-sockets and Win-XP SP2
I've heard strong rumours that the upcoming Win-XP SP2 will disable the use of SOCK_RAW sockets for any user (admin included). This will certainly hurt the use of nmap on Win-XP unless we go with libnet for all platforms. Steve Gibson (of www.grc.com) has been talking about the danger of raw-sockets for years; "... have ANY practical need for raw sockets" [*] he claims. Yeah right. Seems MS is now listening to him. Yet for years they have deprecated the use of the ICMP API for ping-like programs. And advised us to use SOCK_RAW instead. Back to using icmp.dll again I guess. I for one will not install the service-pack unless there's a loop-hole to enable SOCK_RAW again. Anyone with additional info on this? [*] http://www.grc.com/dos/sockettome.htm --gv --------------------------------------------------------------------- For help using this (nmap-dev) mailing list, send a blank email to nmap-dev-help () insecure org . List archive: http://seclists.org
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Current thread:
- raw-sockets and Win-XP SP2 Gisle Vanem (Jun 24)
- Re: raw-sockets and Win-XP SP2 Leigh (Jun 24)
- Re: raw-sockets and Win-XP SP2 Leigh (Jun 25)
- Re: raw-sockets and Win-XP SP2 Gisle Vanem (Jun 25)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- raw-sockets and Win-XP SP2 Sean Warnock (Jun 24)
- Re: raw-sockets and Win-XP SP2 Leigh (Jun 24)