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To: yard_man who wrote (134706)11/15/2001 6:42:55 PM
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Those that migrate to XP with full Unix socket implementation better get ready for Denial of Service attacks.

Responding to Microsoft's denial, Gibson, who in thirty years of programming has written many security programs, has now accused Microsoft of lying when it claims that "previous versions of Windows" also supported raw sockets. According to Gibson, Windows 98 and 95 did not, which is why many Trojan horses will not run on Windows machines.

Unlike Windows 2000, where Gibson claims raw sockets were first fully implemented, Windows XP -- which ships on 25 October this year -- will be run by home PC users who will be less inclined and/or able to maintain the security of their system and keep up with software patches.

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