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List:       suse-linux-uk-schools
Subject:    Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Samba / Windows 2000 problems
From:       Derek Harding <derek () lagham ! uklinux ! net>
Date:       2002-03-09 7:31:37
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My question, how can one revert W2k/XP to the less intensive "sensible" mode? 
Our network includes Win2k boxes and could do without superfluous traffic!
Is this paving the way for Winnet cards like Winmodems?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Bowles [mailto:dbowles@educationsupport.fsnet.co.uk]
>
> >Recently I read in one of the PC mags that by default Win2K and Win-XP
> > both disable low-level Ethernet packet decoding / processing in hardware
> > on the network card.  MS have set this to be handled in software by the
> > PC's CPU instead (sorry I can't remember which mag - PC-Pro, Pc-Plus or
> > PCW - I'm moving house so I can't easily lay my hands on this mag right
> > now).
>
> There is a rather hysterical discussion of a similar / the same topic on
> Steve Gibson's website,  so look down this page http://grc.com/default.htm
> for stuff on XP raw sockets. This implies that in XP, a clever programmer
> could easily strip data from the network card and access info
> promiscuously.
>
> Now wait a minute ...    hasn't Linux been able to do that for years :-)
> But as root.

-- 
Best wishes,
Derek

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