estimate of no. of pirated copies prevented. ZERO.
Actually, that's probably in the negative. How many are going to pirate that weren't simply because they aren't going to trust Sony CDs not to do anything to their computer from now on?
And you can do *exactly* the same thing with a loadable kernel module. That's basically what the Sony rootkit is. If you know the internals and get root, you can make almost any OS vulnerable.
Now, it is easier to install on Windows, but that's because most people run as root equivalent. A default "make install" could very easily install a rootkit, installing with modprobe then. How hard is that? That's not much more work on the part of the cracker.
I don't use media player. It looks like it updated every two weeks or so, no indication of what triggered the update, just the "crypt32" designation for the application.
Check the event log. The Crypto subsystem is updated, even with updates turned off.
I don't know if anything else is. From looking at my current event log, it says registering new root certs and sequence numbers, at the very least. It's the crypt32 events under the Application event log.
Successful auto update retrieval of third-party root list cab from: http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/u pdate/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab>
To not update it, you pretty much have to leave it off the net.
The update service, if it is running, does do some updates even if you have automatic updates turned off. I haven't looked to see if it still happens with the update service off.
That was exactly my implication. There are enough willing to do free (as in beer) work provided you let them release free(as in speech) drivers, especially for popular hardware. It's only an incremental cost, not very large.
Wow, look how the crime rate has absolutely skyrocketed as violence in games has increased. Someone send these figures to Jack so he can use them in his jihad.
A DOS is, by definition, a vulnerability. Less significant than others, especially for user systems, since you quit firefox and it's fixed, no system change, no arbitrary code running.
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Correct, and at the time Autoplay came out, CD drives weren't bootable.
Autoplay made them "bootable", without even requiring the computer be turned off. How could this not be seen as a risk?
Because it sends the identifier of the CD in the HTTP request. RTFA
So you're saying, before this time, there were no viruses that used the boot sector of the floppy that infected the hardrive if the floppy was booted?
It's an analagous situation.
estimate of no. of pirated copies prevented. ZERO.
Actually, that's probably in the negative. How many are going to pirate that weren't simply because they aren't going to trust Sony CDs not to do anything to their computer from now on?
Which is why the fine needs to be more than is lost by losing the customer or dealing with his whining.
And you can do *exactly* the same thing with a loadable kernel module. That's basically what the Sony rootkit is. If you know the internals and get root, you can make almost any OS vulnerable.
Now, it is easier to install on Windows, but that's because most people run as root equivalent. A default "make install" could very easily install a rootkit, installing with modprobe then. How hard is that? That's not much more work on the part of the cracker.
It's not unique to Windows, you can do exactly the same thing in *nix (hence the need for ckrootkit)
So, if the disk could root intel Macs, it should have no problem doing so on Intel Linux then, right?
I don't use media player. It looks like it updated every two weeks or so, no indication of what triggered the update, just the "crypt32" designation for the application.
Check the event log. The Crypto subsystem is updated, even with updates turned off.
u pdate/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab>
I don't know if anything else is. From looking at my current event log, it says registering new root certs and sequence numbers, at the very least. It's the crypt32 events under the Application event log.
Successful auto update retrieval of third-party root list cab from: http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/
To not update it, you pretty much have to leave it off the net.
The update service, if it is running, does do some updates even if you have automatic updates turned off. I haven't looked to see if it still happens with the update service off.
XBOX2 is just as DRM'ed as the PS3, probably ditto for the revolution.
Backdoor has nothing to do with whether or not it's a rootkit, that is simply one of the common things a rootkit is used for.
It's kernel level code that hides itself and other things. As other posters have said, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...
It does almost exactly what Hacker Defender does.
Are you saying Hacker Defender is not a rootkit?
And stop running as an admin level user.
Not in the least. Everyone agrees that a EULA has to be readable before binding.
Doesn't the latest LexMark decision shoot that out of the water?
Strong impact? Where?
Games are around 57th in influence (I've also seen 11th). There's a hell of a lot more that has more impact.
That was exactly my implication. There are enough willing to do free (as in beer) work provided you let them release free(as in speech) drivers, especially for popular hardware. It's only an incremental cost, not very large.
That's what patents are for.
What about the cost of releasing specs so that others can write the drivers?
When I bought my GBA SP, a measly $100 piece of equipment, they scanned the serial number along with the item barcode.
From today's CNN:
Wow, look how the crime rate has absolutely skyrocketed as violence in games has increased. Someone send these figures to Jack so he can use them in his jihad.
Look at the source. It's an unclosed tag, so it's likely an infinite loop.
A DOS is, by definition, a vulnerability. Less significant than others, especially for user systems, since you quit firefox and it's fixed, no system change, no arbitrary code running.
He made up his mind a long time ago. Do a search on google for "daniel lyons" fud.
You can pretty much dismiss claims made by him, Laura Didio and Rob Enderle.