Unless I'm greatly mistakened, this is just a rehash of the exploit already admitted to by microsoft and already exploited by Nimda.
The deal is that you have a file ending in ".EML" with some MIME trickery in it, served up by any HTTP server. IE thinks it's an e-mail message and unpacks it. Inside is an executable (name ending with.EXE) encoded in a section whose MIME type is audio/x-wav. IE runs it without asking.
You can control the hardware, if you want. The oldest home-brew MP3 player I know is this one: http://elm-chan.org/reports/mpc/report_e.html
but there are lots more listed here:
http://ee.cleversoul.com/mp3_projects.html
If I rent a copy of Super-Mario and then record the audio and video while I play, I can do what I want with the recording. If I do the same while playing The Matrix, I'm in trouble. This is the difference between Software and Film.
are exposed in Beale Screamer's Technical Details document enclosed in the Zip:
Microsoft has decided to use the non-alphanumeric character '*'
instead of '/', and '!' instead of '+' in some places, and in other
places they replace '/' with '@' and '!' with '%'. This means that
any software dealing with these strings cannot use a standard Base64
decoder, but must use a custom-build decoder.
This is a GSM phone and the only GSM carrier operating in Canada today is Microcell Connexions. They do retail business as "Fido", but also re-sell bandwidth to a few small regional operators - eg: Cityphone.
Microcell's GPRS service has been up and running for a couple of months now. It costs the earth though - 5 cents per Kilobyte or in bulk lots starting at $25 for 2 Meg.
Rogers/AT&T is in the midst of rolling out a GSM network in Canada. It's not up yet, but some time next year when it goes live, they may start supporting this phone. They'll have GPRS too, once they're up.
While roaming is charged-for, and many telco's will disable roaming on accounts by default, there is never any fee required to enable roaming. Roaming is something they WANT you to do, because it earns them all kinds of free revenue, as long as the telco is comfortable with the credit risk you represent.
As for using a local SIM at the point of destination, you assume that the handset is not SIM restricted to the issuing carrier. This seems to be the normal situation for North American carriers. If it's restricted - that is "SIM Locked" - you can't just shove in a random SIM that you picked up in Dubai.
The wording Visor uses - *$399 - *with activation - indicates to me that they would likely lock it to the issuing carrier, and if you wanted an unrestricted unit, you'd have to pay more.
The official launch of Digital Radio in Canada took place on 1st November 1999. Stations in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver have been operating since early 1999.
For specific information on DAB in Canada, there's DigitalRadio.ca
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Write to your MP and tell them how you'd feel if Canada were to have a DMCA. I wrote to mine last week.
Does making the letter "E" appear on my screen count as a task? If so, then they've got the whole 'interpretation of markup in any way' business locked up.
My plan is to patent the 'buffer overflow exploit' and then go after all the people running Code-Red.
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What's up with the Americans that they can't do digital radio the standard way like everyone else?
DAB is the future of radio. Get with the program guys!
The deal is that you have a file ending in ".EML" with some MIME trickery in it, served up by any HTTP server. IE thinks it's an e-mail message and unpacks it. Inside is an executable (name ending with
The magic MIME trickery looks like this:
Start writing letters:
Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade,
Sub-Committee on International Trade, Trade Disputes and Investment,
Committee on Industry, Science and Technology
Marie Danielle Vachon, Clerk
House of Commons
Room 637, Wellington Bldg
OTTAWA, Ontario
K1A 0A6
The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
The Senate
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A4
The Right Hon. Joe Clark, MP
House of Commons
OTTAWA, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Mr. Stockwell Day, MP
House of Commons
OTTAWA, Ontario
K1A 0A6
The Right Hon. Jean Chrétien, MP
House of Commons
OTTAWA, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Ms. Alexa McDonough, MP
House of Commons
OTTAWA, Ontario
K1A 0A6
(Do we stand a chance?)
Like a snowball in hell.
You can control the hardware, if you want. The oldest home-brew MP3 player I know is this one: http://elm-chan.org/reports/mpc/report_e.html but there are lots more listed here: http://ee.cleversoul.com/mp3_projects.html
If I rent a copy of Super-Mario and then record the audio and video while I play, I can do what I want with the recording. If I do the same while playing The Matrix, I'm in trouble. This is the difference between Software and Film.
Microsoft has decided to use the non-alphanumeric character '*'
instead of '/', and '!' instead of '+' in some places, and in other
places they replace '/' with '@' and '!' with '%'. This means that
any software dealing with these strings cannot use a standard Base64
decoder, but must use a custom-build decoder.
Microcell's GPRS service has been up and running for a couple of months now. It costs the earth though - 5 cents per Kilobyte or in bulk lots starting at $25 for 2 Meg.
Rogers/AT&T is in the midst of rolling out a GSM network in Canada. It's not up yet, but some time next year when it goes live, they may start supporting this phone. They'll have GPRS too, once they're up.
As for using a local SIM at the point of destination, you assume that the handset is not SIM restricted to the issuing carrier. This seems to be the normal situation for North American carriers. If it's restricted - that is "SIM Locked" - you can't just shove in a random SIM that you picked up in Dubai.
The wording Visor uses - *$399 - *with activation - indicates to me that they would likely lock it to the issuing carrier, and if you wanted an unrestricted unit, you'd have to pay more.
It's a going concern in pretty well every civilized country outside the US.
Look at the world-DAB forum to get started.
The official launch of Digital Radio in Canada took place on 1st November 1999. Stations in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver have been operating since early 1999. For specific information on DAB in Canada, there's DigitalRadio.ca
Write to your MP and tell them how you'd feel if Canada were to have a DMCA. I wrote to mine last week.
...one or more tasks...
Does making the letter "E" appear on my screen count as a task? If so, then they've got the whole 'interpretation of markup in any way' business locked up.
My plan is to patent the 'buffer overflow exploit' and then go after all the people running Code-Red.
Transaction Processing Concepts and Techniques Jim Gray and Andreas Reuter ISBN 1-55860-190-2 Morgan Kaufmann