On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 03:50:09PM -0400, Russ Herrold wrote:
> IP and MS Unique ID's traceable ...
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/21307.html
>
> 28 August 2001
>
> Unique ID is built into WinXP final build
>
> Microsoft has quietly slipped a Universally Unique ID (UUID) into the
> ISO of build 2600 of Windows XP, thus giving itself the capability of
> tracking code leaks back to whoever it was that leaked them. News of
> the UUID's presence originally broke in the Microsoft beta newsgroups,
> but the matter has been followed up by Steve Gibson of GRC after
> postings were forwarded to him.
>
> The UUID is located 9400 bytes from the start of the file, and is a
> HEX ASCII identifier which specifies the downloader's beta test ID and
> the IP address they're downloading from. So, all Microsoft has to do
> is download the warez ISO images of 2600 that are currently spreading
> through the usual channels. It then knows whose beta ID was used to
> leak the software, and can maybe figure out a little more of what's
> been going on from the IP address.
>
>
And we think Microsoft _won't_ implement software-disabling code in
future versions of XP? Riiiight.
Paul
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