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- Attacker 2.01
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- Updates:
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- o Bug fix: Minimize when program starts
- o Bug fix: able to run with zero ports selected and then unable to stop
- the program
- o Reduced size of default port lists to help solve Win 9x problems
- o Simple method of creating desktop and startup shortcuts added
- o Program now attempts to bind to an Internet address first rather than
- "any" address. If no Internet address is available it looks for the first
- LAN IP. As a last resort it will bind to "any" address i.e. whatever
- the operating system decides is best. The next version will automatically
- switch over the an Internet address (as an option). With this current
- version you'll have to remember to stop the program and restart it when
- you connect to the Internet.
- o Interface changes
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-
- I spent some time chasing an apparent non-existent bug when the program
- was monitoring UDP ports. Netstat reports that the system is also listening
- on the same TCP ports. However, this seems to be normal behaviour. The program
- is NOT actually listening on the equivalent TCP ports, netstat just make it
- look like it is. I tried nc.exe and other programs and the system showed
- the same thing when those apps were listening on UDP ports too.
-
- More time again was spent chasing the mysterious TCP port 139 monitoring
- problem. It should be possible to monitor connections on this NetBios port
- if the program binds to a specific interface because I thought the system
- bound TCP 139 to "any" address so Attacker would get the first look in.
- This doesn't appear to be the case on my Win 98 PC though. It ends up with
- 2 connections bounds to a real IP, both listening, but only the original
- NetBios port 139 is ever able to be reached by a remote machine. If anyone
- has an answer to this problem I'd be glad to hear! I may have to resort
- to detecting file sharing connections by some other means.
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- This software was written by Robin Keir and is distributed as freeware.
- I take no responsibility for any damage or problems caused by using it
- but I do welcome comments and suggestions.
-
- http://members.home.com/rkeir/software.html
- robin@keir.net
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