A question from an idiot- RE: [SLUG] another reason for Linux

From: Patrick Grantham (pwgrant@cssi-fl.com)
Date: Thu Aug 12 2004 - 10:53:18 EDT


Please tell me this does not affect Samba connections. I hope this question
does reveal that I am too much of an moron.

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From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net]On Behalf Of Robert Foxworth
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 6:53 AM
To: slug@nks.net
Cc: flalug@nks.net
Subject: [SLUG] another reason for linux

Another reason for linux ...

Adding SP2 to a Windows XP install will disable
raw socket support. This breaks the functionality
of programs such as nmap-windows version
that use raw sockets. MS acknowledges that
this was done on purpose.

Bob

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