Re: A DoS Must Read from Steve Gibson...

Phil,

You know I've heard that too, but I've heard the "two sides" of that also, so I
do take some of it with a grain of salt, but that aside, in this case, doesn't 
he
paint a legit picture or not ? My knowledge of this is very limited, but it 
seems
like a potential nightmare (?)...  :-)

Chuck

"Hall, Philip" wrote:

> Don't get too excited with the stuff Mr Gibson writes, it is know, in
> security circles, to apparently be close to scaremongery stories...
>
> Keep your pinch of salt handy...
>
> --phil
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Chuck Lewis [mailto:clewis@iquest.net]
> >Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 11:23 AM
> >To: Midrange-L List
> >Subject: A DoS Must Read from Steve Gibson...
> >Importance: High
> >
> >
> >Hi Folks,
> >
> >There is apparently something pretty scary mentioned in the following
> >and about the INABILITY to stop DoS attacks in the near future unless
> >Microsoft starts listening...
> >
> >"For no good reason whatsoever, Microsoft has equipped Windows 2000 and
> >XP with the ability FOR ANY APPLICATION to generate incredibly
> >malicious
> >Internet traffic, including spoofed source IP's and SYN-flooding full
> >scale Denial of Service (DoS) attacks!" Steve Gibson, Gibson Research
> >
> >See:
> >
> >http://grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm
> >
> >Comments ?
> >
> >Chuck
> >
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