[Rio-pm] Net::RawIP + Windows 7

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Aureliano" == Aureliano Guedes <guedes_1000 at hotmail.com> writes:

Aureliano> Tambem não achei nada na internet que me ajudasse, pelo que
Aureliano> vejo, parece que esse modulo não funciona no Windows.

I believe the raw network interface was removed from Windows in the name
of security.  Since Windows is so vulnerable, rootkits would use the raw
driver to begin arp spoofing to take over neighboring machines.  So
instead of Microsoft making windows better, they removed the raw
interface. :(

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