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FBI on the Windows Source Code Theft
Chris Gondek writes "There are various articles about the Stolen Windows Source Code, but today it is confirmed that an FBI task force hunted for a cyber-criminal who posted on the internet source code for Windows which says 'I can confirm that the Northwest Cybercrime Task Force was investigating, FBI spokeswoman Robbie Burroughs said. The posted program is part of the source codes, or blueprints, for Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0, according to the company.' "
>> Can they track torrents?
Only the source torrent, people who download from it are only anonymous if there are no logs kept, and even then, due to the way that it works, I doubt that it could be possible.
Correct me if I'm wrong there...
NeoThermic
Use my link above, or to view my server, NeoThermic.com
Anyone that's a peer in the torrent has your IP address. All they have to do is connect to the torrent and start collecting IP addresses of any peer that sends a piece of the file.
File: windows_2000_source_code.zipG Kv54~o6A
E MG Kv54~o6A/windows_2000_source_code.zip
Key: CHK@JANQuMJMYGNWPVWyfwBwyXPsgBwPAwI,LeWue01uUKoEM
Bytes: 213748207
CHK@JANQuMJMYGNWPVWyfwBwyXPsgBwPAwI,LeWue01uUKo
Of course if you don't have Freenet yet (wtf are you waiting for?) you'd do good to visit http://www.freenetproject.org.
Among other things, the zip contains the source code to Notepad (you always wanted that!) along with an intriguing bugcodes.txt file that explains a lot of bluescreen/stop errors in more detail than you'll find anywhere else.
G Kv54~o6A
E MG Kv54~o6A/windows_2000_source_code.zip
File: windows_2000_source_code.zip
Key: CHK@JANQuMJMYGNWPVWyfwBwyXPsgBwPAwI,LeWue01uUKoEM
Bytes: 213748207
CHK@JANQuMJMYGNWPVWyfwBwyXPsgBwPAwI,LeWue01uUKo
Of course if you don't have Freenet yet (what are you waiting for?) you'd do good to visit http://www.freenetproject.org.
ed2k://|file|MSDOS_6.0_Source_Code.zip|21107046|8F DE89245233B5F0501C6817BFF48C6C|/
'SBEMAIL!' is better than a goat!!
NT4 (230 Mb)n fo_ha sh=66a26447f563c3dc2336de74ae37dc14d11dd8b9
n fo_ha sh=f03fc1e04869294d5644d3c8c5d0fb8f2d26aa59
http://torrent.spyderlake.com/download.php?i
W2K (208 Mb)
http://torrent.spyderlake.com/download.php?i
For some reason every limiting, nonsensical case is modded insightful. There is such a thing as culpability under the law. I think it's pretty obvious that if she really did intend to download something else (legally) and instead got the source code, she isn't guilty of anything, and could show that she really was tricked - say if she is none too computer saavy, has a demonstrable interest in cooking, etc. Notice that this is different than knowingly downloading the Windows source code and claiming that "I didn't know it was against the law." That is the genuine "ignorance of the law" for which there is no excuse. In the first case, something is happening to you that is really beyond your control. In the second, you are willingly and knowingly doing something that happens to be illegal.
It doesn't matter what I personally believe is right or wrong, the original poster wasn't talking about personal ethics, it matters what the law and the courts decide is right or wrong.
If ever someone busts your ass for anything, whether it's an overdue library book or murder, feel free to knock on my door asking what I feel is right or wrong but don't expect the law to agree with everything I say.
Rightly or wrongly, as I said before, ignorance is often no defence at all in the eyes of the law. If that offends you, well, I don't know what to suggest because that's pretty much standard practice everywhere on the planet.
"Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg
Coca Cola Formula
Whoa. There is no proof that it was stolen/leaked from a Linux box at all. The file is question may have been assembled on a Linux box, and then copied to a Windows machine, and then stolen/leaked from there. Just because there is a core file from a Linux machine does not mean it was stolen/leaked from that same machine.
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
According to BetaNews, a company called Mainsoft is to blame. They allege that Mainsoft had access to the code in order to develop their Visual MainWin tool giving developers the ability to write Linux and Unix apps from within Visual Studio.
Or instead of little red flags, you should have a little light bulb light up that says "What a deal!".
Downloading from the net is not illegal. Putting stuff on the net you don't have rights to is - but the downloaders aren't doing that. They are just accessing publicly available information.
-ZOD-
the source codes, or blueprints, Yuck! Please: Spokespersons from the FBI and people from the media - learn to say "code" not "codes". It's like the plural of sheep and hair is still sheep and hair. "codes" are encryption algorithms or something. And the source code for Windows is nothing like a blueprint. Source code is the actual thing we build - a blueprint is a guide for building the thing it describes. For software, the analogous thing to a blueprint would be something like a flowchart.
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There's no need to seed or download a torrent to get IPs from the tracker, it's totally separate. A normal BT client will get IPs from the tracker, and provide its own IP, then use that information to make connections and start downloading and uploading. It is trivial to connect to the tracker and ask it for the IP of everybody currently on that torrent, along with their status (seeding, downloading, how much progress). This is why using BT for illegal activity is extremely boneheaded. I doubt if the speed jump was related to MS's tracking, unless they were being stupid.
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For those whose assembly (DOS asm none the less!) is rusty, function 09 of int 21h is/was used to print a string to stdout.
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