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No idea, but linux has had raw sockets capabilities for its entire existence and the internet continues to exist. People have the ability to put arbitrary pack
by hamburglar 6y ago
No idea, but linux has had raw sockets capabilities for its entire existence and the internet continues to exist.
People have the ability to put arbitrary packets out on their network interfaces. The fact that some operating systems don't directly assist you in doing this is not a security feature.
Edit: (and the fact that Gibson doesn't understand this is one reason people think he's a kook)
- wnevets 6y agoYou dont think XP having ~90% market share at the time and being easily exploitable makes comparing it to linux a little silly?
- hamburglar 6y agoIf that were the only argument, then yes, at the time it would have been a pretty weak refutation. But even at the time, it was obvious to anyone who really understands security that relying on the bad actor's own OS to prevent them from launching attacks is a losing strategy. This was an overblown non-issue. The linux comparison is simply another demonstration of it.