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[Dustin Puryear]

Shannon Roddy wrote:
<em>>>with raw sockets for home users who don't properly
<em>>>secure their machines will only give DDOS script
<em>>>kiddies more platforms to attack from.
<em>> The problem lies in the fact that what is normally "priviledged" sockets 
<em>> (0-1024) have no secuity on them.  On Unix a great deal of time is spent 
<em>> on securing these ports for only root access.  On windows, to maintain 
<em>> backwards compatibility with win98 apps, there will be no security on 
<em>> these ports.
<p>I don't really see how that is an issue. The use of what UNIX deems as 
priviledged ports shouldn't be a real factor in real-world security design.
Regards, Dustin
<p><p><p><em>> 
<em>> Shannon
<em>> 
<em>>>
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<em>>>:P
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