NT 4&5 src leak

martyr · 2004-02-12, 05:44 PM

Exclusive: Windows 2000 & Windows NT 4 Source Code Leaks
Posted by creamhackered on 13 Feb 2004 - 00:22 | 189 comments

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.

Please do not post any links/screenshots/hints or anything to do with the source code outbreak. Discussion is allowed but we will not condone people spreading this source code.

http://www.student.uib.no/~st03069/neowin.html

additional reports tend to confirm this; the filename list looks valid to me.

Squick · 2004-02-12, 07:31 PM

Not the first time people have claimed to have the Windows source code:
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,35135,00.html

So naturally you shouldn't believe this till it is confirmed any someone brazen enough to download the code and see if it is legit or not... I still wouldn't dare run anything compiled with it though...

Hamma · 2004-02-12, 07:33 PM

Who would want the windows source code?

Squick · 2004-02-12, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by Hamma

Who would want the windows source code?

Mmmkay Leo Laporte...

Rbstr · 2004-02-12, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by Hamma

Who would want the windows source code?

Nearly every one.

If its true thats big news

FlakMan · 2004-02-12, 09:11 PM

Everyone running WinNT or Win2k is no longer safe, as if they were in the first place

Squick · 2004-02-12, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by FlakMan

Everyone running WinNT or Win2k is no longer safe, as if they were in the first place

I think most smart Windows users have presumed they are not secure... At the very minimum no Windows machine should EVER touch the Internet directly... I am even opposed to using ISA, Microsoft's firewall solution. At the most use IPSec policies to create a firewall of sort on every single machine to protect them from other machines; and at the same time encrypt intranetwork traffic.

That is one of the reasons I am so worried about this latest Windows vuln... It can attack through the SSL port, a port presumed safe, and open on MANY windows machines...