>>>>> "Ambar" == Ambar Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> If anything those guys should be thanking the kid for exposing
>> such a huge security hole.
>>
>> Kinda stupid of those people to let something like this to
>> remain in their copy protection system.
Ambar> IMHO the users who use such a stupid copy protection system
Ambar> deserve what they get. They clearly bought into marketing
Ambar> hype and definitely didn't verify properly if the claims
Ambar> are valid. It also looks like that this system won't work
Ambar> with newer versions of windows or on windows machines where
Ambar> the user is logged on using a plain user account under
Ambar> windows nt based os.
OK, have to clarify: the action is primarily about the published paper
showing how to remove the executable that the copy-protected CD
installs on the user's hard disk, and less about the Shift key
``exploit''. Apologies for the confusion.
OTOH, the sheer stupidity of the copy-protection mechanism developed
by SunComm is still moot :)
Regards,
-- Raju
--
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