Re: Steve Gibson vs. Microsoft

[avalon () coombs anu edu au (Darren Reed)]

In some mail from Andy Lutomirski, sie said:
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> ZDNet posted an amusing article about raw sockets in WinXP (IMHO this
> took _way_ too long) :
> http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2770517,00.html
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> Anyway, it seems that Steve Gibson hasn't seen any of the version of
> nMap that have raw socket support on Windows.  Also, I can't see any
> reason why a malicious user couldn't just flood a site using UDP
> sockets.

Steve Gibson is a media slut and should be treated as such.  If you look
at how he writes up things on his own web site, you can see they're made
to look just like how they might in print.  In my surveying of what he's
done, he's done...well...nothing very exciting.  His "nanoprobes" were
really lame (a different spin on what nmap does) and if people would
just start ignoring him, we'd be much better off.

[ Moderator note: I agree 100% with Darren & Andy.  Gibson is a
  charlatan whose "research" is written for clueless media reporters
  (for press attention) and the teeming masses of internet newbies (to
  whom he sells various products).  His "findings" are not new, are
  always filled with massive hyperbole, and are frequently completely
  false.  Instead of presenting evidence to prove his points, he tends
  to just state them using goofy blue or green fonts as if that
  somehow adds credibility.  We recommend avoiding this guy!

  -Fyodor ]
  

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