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Socket Hijacking

Overview This white paper discusses the socket hijacking vulnerability on Windows, the impact of the vulnerability and what it takes to successfully exploit the vulnerability. It also reviews existing mitigating factors, the cause of the vulnerability as well as its remediation. This white paper is intended towards all software developers, architects, testers and system administrators.

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Publisher: Foundstone
File Format: PDF
Date Published: Jun 11, 2009
Format: White Papers
Topics: Anti-Hacking, Security Management

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