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re: Question about 'What's the difference between Windows 2000 and Windows XP?'
Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 11:13 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Mike
(1 messages posted)
Raw socket access allows hackers in? How? I think someone's been sniffing Steve
Gibson's crack fumes a
little too much. Yes, XP and 2K allow raw socket access
for users; but this doesn't mean anything in terms of
"worse security" It just means that if the box gets hijacked
somehow it's more prone to being used as a machine for denial of service attacks.;
of course by that point iit really
doesn't matter anyways. Overall, 9X machines are easier to attack than NT/2000/XP
machines, although it all depends on what services you are running, etc... If you
have Microsoft IIS running for instance, you can expect to
get owned by a skript kiddy in a few days or hours after turning it on, especially
if its unpatched.
On Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 10:32 pm, BSlapshot wrote:
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>Ya I'd say Xp but the problem with Xp and microsoft in genral is security. Windows
>xp support raw ports which are suppost to allow hackers to enter your computer with
>little effort. Microsoft thoery: Hackers can hack into computer whether or not
we
>have raw ports open or not so there is no point in stalling them... That is not
exactly
>what they said... Hey if you have a car and there is a lock on it could a theif
>still break in sure. But you wouldnt leave it unlocked right even if it makes it
>easier for u to open.
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