FYI,
-- mks --
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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 07:52:24 +0800
From: Michael Clark <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Michael Clark <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [slugnet] [OT] Windows NT4 and W2K souce code leaked
To: LUGS Mailing List <slugnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Interesting news URL below (although server is too busy now
as would be expected being slashdotted):
http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=17509&category=main
Text of the article swiped from a slashdot posting:
"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."
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with regards,
mks
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