The Raw Packet Panic

The Raw Packet Panic
Jon Lasser, 2001-07-04

The simple lesson of Linux: Do your job right, and nobody gets hurt.

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Does my grandmoter run FreeBSD? 2001-07-04
Priest

So true 2001-07-05
freakazoid

Do Xp "administrators" do their job? 2001-07-05
Maakie

right on, Jon. 2001-07-05
phil.hall@vgm.com

Who is Admin for "home systems"? 2001-07-05
Marvin Greenberg

Raw Sockets 2001-07-05
DF

The difference in OS's here is that in order to utilize raw sockets in Linux, you need Root. In XP , M$ has done away with Administrator, so raw sockets are available to anyone on the machine, local or remote.

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You are missing the point 2001-07-05
Drew <achi@mitre.org> (1 replies)

You are missing the point 2001-07-05
EDiT (1 replies)

You are missing the point 2001-07-05
Drew

gibson's point, that you missed 2001-07-05
Brian (1 replies)

gibson's point, that you missed 2001-07-05
Sancho