13 Jun
2008
13 Jun
'08
6:58 p.m.
Mike Lewinski wrote:
The TCP/IP stack in Windows XP is broken in this regard, possibly in Vista as well, though I've yet to have the displeasure of finding out.
A co-worker confirms that his Vista SP1 can access our .255 router via SSH.
Aww, that's too bad. I've long enjoyed setting loopback and other internal device addresses to .255 -- it drastically reduced some attacks, and made security by obscurity work better. Not that I recommend obscurity as the only security. ;-)