Yes we may have to unplug them all for a few weeks (months/years?). But maybe after that windows will finally be secure!!
ray On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Shannon Roddy wrote: > I am not sure that this is a hoax. Is there anything that would keep > M$ from using GNU Make? Doesn't mean they have to use gcc. We already > know that they used BSD code in their kernel. > > Anyway, if this is not a hoax, get ready to unplug every winblows box > in the world from the network! And then duck for cover.... > > Shannon > > On Feb 12, 2004, at 4:39 PM, John Hebert wrote: > > > Here's supposedly a list of the files in the > > supposedly stolen source package: > > http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~mortehu/files.txt > > > > I'm not sure this isn't a hoax. Notice the presence of > > "gnumakefile" scattered throughout the list. I doubt > > M$ is using GNU's make to build their OSs. > > > > --- Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Holy *&^%!!!!! This should prove to be quite > >> interesting if true over > >> the next couple of months! > >> > >> Shannon > >> > >> Begin forwarded message: > >> > >>> From: Amit Kulkarni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Date: February 12, 2004 3:53:58 PM CST > >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Subject: [LSU-ITINFO] Windows NT, 2000 source code > >> has been leaked > >>> Reply-To: LSU Information Technology Listserv > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > >>> I went to this from Slashdot, tried to get to > >> neowin's website but it > >>> was already heavily loaded. > >>> > >>> <<< posted by ~momerath2003 >>> > >>> Neowin has learned of shocking and potentially > >> devastating news. It > >>> would appear that two packages are circulating on > >> the internet, one > >>> being the source code to Windows 2000, and the > >> other being the source > >>> code to Windows NT. At this time, it is hard to > >> establish whether or > >>> not > >>> full code has leaked, and this will undoubtedly > >> remain the situation > >>> until an attempt is made to compile them. > >> Microsoft are currently > >>> unavailable for comment surrounding this leak so > >> we have no official > >>> response from them at the time of writing. > >>> > >>> This leak is a shock not only to Neowin, but to > >> the wider IT > >>> industry. The ramifications of this leak are far > >> reaching and > >>> devastating. This reporter does not wish to be > >> sensationalist, but the > >>> number of industries and critical systems that are > >> based around these > >>> technologies that could be damaged by new exploits > >> found in this source > >>> code is something that doesn't bare thinking > >> about. > >>> > >>> We ask that for the wider benefit of the IT > >> community that members > >>> and readers support Microsoft by forwarding > >> anything they know about > >>> the > >>> leak to the Microsoft's Anti-Piracy department. > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Shannon Roddy > >> LIGO - Caltech > >> 225.686.3106 (work) > >> 225.933.7821 (cell) > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> General mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > ===== > > John Hebert > > 'cat /dev/random | perl' > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > -- > Shannon Roddy > LIGO - Caltech > 225.686.3106 (work) > 225.933.7821 (cell) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
