Raw sockets privilege for normal user

Question

I have been trying to use the raw socket in my machine under windows xp sp2. since there is no admin privilege for my user i am getting error while trying to create a sock_raw socket. does anyone know the specific privilege under Active directory or group policy so that i can ask our administrator to grant me the same?

thanks in advance, Hari

Answer 1

According to MSDN:

[O]nly members of the Administrators group can create sockets of type SOCK_RAW on Windows 2000 and later.

You need to be a member of the Administrators group. There is no specific Active Directory privilege, you just need to be in the group.

Answer 2

For Windows 2003 Microsoft notes this, however XP SP2 probably disables it.

AllowUserRawAccess

Key: Tcpip\Parameters

Value Type: REG_DWORD—Boolean

Valid Range: 0, 1 (False, True)

Default: 0 (False)

Description: This parameter controls access to raw sockets. If true, non - administrative users have access to raw sockets. By default, only administrators have access to raw sockets.