ok this may sound crazy but hear me out
I was looking around to see if i could get raw sockets working under XP SP2
then i decided to use gibsons socketlock tool -sure its not meant for this but i was out of ideas
http://grc.com/files/socketlock.exe
nmap 3.75 has just been released and it works fine under SP2
ive also got 3.55 (unpatched one) and it wont work under SP2 - fair enough
so i open up socketlock and press "install socketlock", then run nmap 3.55 again and it worked. i click "uninstall socketlock" then ran nmap 3.55 again and it didnt work
so i dont know whats going on here as ive only got 1 SP2 test box but as far as i could tell that socketlock tool made old school nmap work.
perhaps its just nmap but if someone would like to post a tool that they know breaks under SP2 its worth a shot i suppose. the fact that nmap works then doesnt work suggests something has changed
this is just an observation and i was wondering if anyone else would care to try this on an SP2 box
NOTE: You need winpcap installed for any of this to work
attached is the older nmap 3.55 for those interested
