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Windows XP will make Internet unstable - top security expert
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">It is impossible for an application running under any version of Windows 3.x/95/98/ME or NT to "spoof" its source IP or generate malicious TCP packets such as SYN or ACK floods.
As a result, Internet security experts know that non-spoofing Internet attacks are almost certainly being generated by Windows-based PC's. Forging the IP address of an attacking machine (spoofing) is such a trivial thing to do under any of the various UNIX-like operating systems, & it is so effective in hiding the attacking machines, that no hacker would pass up the opportunity if it were available.
It is incredibly fortuitous for the Internet that the massive population of Windows-based machines has never enjoyed this complete "Unix Sockets" support which is so prone to abuse. But the very bad news is...
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As a result, Internet security experts know that non-spoofing Internet attacks are almost certainly being generated by Windows-based PC's. Forging the IP address of an attacking machine (spoofing) is such a trivial thing to do under any of the various UNIX-like operating systems, & it is so effective in hiding the attacking machines, that no hacker would pass up the opportunity if it were available.
It is incredibly fortuitous for the Internet that the massive population of Windows-based machines has never enjoyed this complete "Unix Sockets" support which is so prone to abuse. But the very bad news is...
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Oh and Micro$oft releses Office XP
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/2001..._office_2.html
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