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Re: the need for raw-network-sockets in BSD nowadays?


From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 21:54:36 +0200
Mail-followup-to: users@crater.dragonflybsd.org

On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 12:37:00PM -0700, Max Okumoto wrote:
> The problem is that with newer windows releases that
> provide the API, it lowers the bar.  Now you don't
> need to install a raw socket dll library.  In windows
> almost everyone has admin level privilages, so a new
> problem was "created".

Even worse, *any* user could do this under some circumstances.

Joerg



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