Windows NT/2000 Source Code

[abductor]

Well

Well,
The source code of Windows NT and Windows 2000 is available in the internet undergroud. (only now???? humm..

doubts)

check out Microsoft Article

here

[belgareth]

It

seems like they are making a big deal about very little. From what I hear it is not a significant amount of code nor

is it related to any portion of great importance. It may be that they are making it sound like a big deal to put

pressure on the person who leaked it or to prevent it happening again.

[abductor]

what I

read at slashdot that is one file with 205MB. Maybe it is 15% of total code.

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] . Some files like \"core dump.dll\" (Kernel???) is affected.

Some specialists think that the code leaked from company called \"MainSoft\" (Some microsoft partner) but which

the size of the impact? it is a difficult answer.

[belgareth]

It\'s pretty difficult for me to even care about Microsoft\'s problems any more. Even a distributor like me

can\'t get decent suppport for what amounts to an overpriced product. The last three servers we set up were Linux;

they went up with half the work and have been rock solid. Maybe that\'s why it\'s gaining market share so fast

in the server realm. Several of my largest clients are considering Linux for their desktops for the coming year and

I don\'t blame them just on a simple cost of ownership evaluation.

[Gossamer_2701]

So

what does this mean in laymans terms? Does it give hackers an extra advantage.... or just allowing competitors to

see how their programing is put together?

Just curiosity from someone who can use a computer, but has no idea

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[belgareth]

It may

give hackers an advantage but we don\'t know. We also don\'t know if it gives competitors any advantage. The

best advice is to be sure to go to the microsoft update site frequently and make sure you have the latest updates.

Do the same with your anti virus and firewall software.

[Mtnjim]

Apperantly, a buffer overflow exploit that involves IE 5.X and below has been developed from the posted code. This

was reported on Bugtraq.

[Gossamer_2701]

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microsoft update site frequently and make sure you

have the latest updates. Do the same with your anti virus and firewall software.


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That\'s good to know, thanks. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] I\'m pretty

sure that my computer (just got a new one last week) is set up to do that automatically, but now I\'ll be making

sure that it does.

[abductor]

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So what does this mean in laymans terms? Does it

give hackers an extra advantage.... or just allowing competitors to see how their programing is put

together?


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I dont know what hackers will do. But we, simple

mortals, can laugh a lot reading the commentaries in the code source.


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Check out article

here


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[tallmacky]

Yeah I

heard about the comments they placed in there.....very funny, and true.

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