SP2 compatibility with Framework

[hdm at metasploit.com (H D Moore)]

The Framework does not use raw sockets under Windows unless you try to use 
the mostly-broken RawUDP mode with a few exploits. The socket error you 
are seeing is something else entirely. When you try to attack a service 
that is firewalled or not listening on the target port, the Framework 
will spit out a "Socket error" with a generic description. This is more 
user-error than a bug :-) Make sure the service you are hitting is 
actually open and that any local application firewalls allow perl.exe to 
access the network.

-HD

On Saturday 03 September 2005 23:05, Anurag Joshi wrote:
> List,
>         I also encounter the same problems about error creating socket.
> Does Framework have problems with Winxp SP2. Nmap also had problems
> with SP2 and they had to come out with a totally new version. It goes
> this way.....
> When an Nmap user asked MS why security tools
> such as Nmap broke, MS responded[1]:
>
>  "We have removed support for TCP sends over RAW sockets in SP2.
>   We surveyed applications and found the only apps using this on XP
> were people writing attack tools."
>
> What is the workaround for Error Creating Socket problem?
> Anurag Joshi