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Oh yes, he has been around for long. But he lost a bit of credibility after his wolf-cry when he campaigned against the inclusion of raw-sockets in Windows XP,

by mahmud 13y ago

Oh yes, he has been around for long. But he lost a bit of credibility after his wolf-cry when he campaigned against the inclusion of raw-sockets in Windows XP, alleging hackers might use it.

wnevets 13y ago
you do realize that he was right and MS removed them right?
- nuxi7 13y ago
  microsoft removed it, but that doesn't mean he was right. Last I checked, the internet did not end while XP had raw sockets, and windows server retains this capability.
  - wnevets 13y ago
    So why did MS remove them?
    - mahmud 13y ago
      Responding to the public hysteria; they couldn't take their chances, they would have been crucified if even a single incident was reported, because they had "forewarning". Steve Gibson did to raw-sockets what Jenny McCarthy did to vaccines.
shadearg 13y ago
He's definitely adamant about the ongoing exclusion of raw sockets on Windows and alleges malware would absolutely abuse it if it were available. He still talks about it once and a while and certainly does not regret that stance.