full-disclosure - winxp home expusure

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From: se_cur_ity at hotmail.com (morning_wood)
Subject: winxp home expusure

> Hi,
> 
> How bad is it to have Win XP HOME at work - in LAN ?
> I ask for security reasons - I just logged off in winxp home from 
> vncviewer and it said -closing all network connections ...- and my vnc 
> connection still remained active :)?
> 

sometimes winXP's tcp parameters keep a connection open for 4 minutes or more.
try using tcpview.exe ( www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/tcpview.shtml )
also, some programs dont exit clean, etc etc...

Donnie Werner
http://exploitlabs.com