Re: XPSP2 compatability

[Jacob Uecker <jacob () juecker net>]

According to Microsoft, only outgoing packets are affected.

Check it out:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2netwk.mspx#XSLTsection127121120120

Jacob

Terry Dunlap wrote:

> I read a post by Fyodor
> (http://seclists.org/lists/nmap-hackers/2004/Jul-Sep/0002.html) that
> this may be related to the fact that MS removed the TCP raw sockets in
> SP2.
>
> Terry
>
> On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:50:32 +0930, Anjin <wildcard () internode on net> wrote:
>
> > Following up on the item from James, it also seems that XPSP2 is
> > incompatible with WinPCAP.  Both Snort and Ethereal fail with an
> > identical error when XPSP2 is installed.  Removing the patch solves the
> > problem.


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