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Sephiroth

12th Feb 04 07:53 PM

Thanks to Neowin........

Quote:

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.

Ouch, as many ways as people could benefit from this if it's true, I actually hope it's *not*, once virus writers, etc. get ahold of it and go digging through source code, find a few hundred exploits MS hasn't found / patched in their own code, if you're running NT / 2000, possibly even XP / 2003 Server since it's the same codebase, you'd better have damn good security on your computers :-/

*I goes to install firewall on my gateway that I've been putting off since the last format*

Thankbot

12th Feb 04 07:53 PM

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KingCobra

JacKDynne

12th Feb 04 07:55 PM

Oh great.....

/me pulls CPE plugs... :D

/JD

Cyberion

12th Feb 04 08:46 PM

Huh.. Is that the same devastastion as the HL 2 source leak?

Windows 2000 source code.. its one way to make it open source.. but still its shady..

DopeWeasel

12th Feb 04 08:58 PM

Looks Like MS pissed off the wrong employee, I personally can't wait for my Mandrake Windows CD to come in.

war59312

12th Feb 04 10:21 PM

About time!! :lol:

I for one hope it leaks because it will force Microsoft and their allies to change the way they do business. Just wish is was WindowsXP instead. :P

Microsoft will be forced to fix all their major problems with windows. And believe me they will get off their donkey and finally do what they have been putting off for years. Hopefully more job positions will open up. I think it would be a good think for the economy. haha And will be great for most Windows users as now you can at least have some sort of hope and hopefully real security for once.

BTW don't think Microsoft would risk loosing all of their customers if not their company to groups like the FCC and the government in general.

Zone-MR

12th Feb 04 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sephiroth@Feb 12 2004, 07:53 PM
Ouch, as many ways as people could benefit from this if it's true, I actually hope it's *not*, once virus writers, etc. get ahold of it and go digging through source code, find a few hundred exploits MS hasn't found / patched in their own code

Or perhaps it means coders can actually discover and FIX the problems. Microsoft's current approach seems security through obscurity, meaning the few people who manage to discover new security flaws can wreck havoc on any microsoft computer system. Now it's out in the open, and perhaps flaws can be found and weeded out by thousands of competent programmers.

Quote:

Huh.. Is that the same devastastion as the HL 2 source leak?

Much worse. The HL2 source was an early alpha which didn't even work. The leaked was hyped up to be much more serious than it actually was.

~*McoreD*~

12th Feb 04 11:00 PM

Well, the news is indeed shocking. Windows 2000/XP/2003 follow the same source code. Not sure about Longhorn, but since the source code of a "current" Operating System has leaked, the users will be have to be very careful.

Since hackers can now find exploits that MS hasn't found and there will be a lot of attacks initially. They will also be able to code viruses that are *impossible to remove or impossible to detect* -- since now they know how Windows work. The only alternative will be formatting the computer and reinstalling Windows. What if hackers code something to prevent that as well? Opportunities are endless if you have the source code of a program. That's why I personally do not like open source - it is dangerous. :(

Edit: It is good if it goes to good programmers. But this world is full of good and bad.

tnctx04

12th Feb 04 11:08 PM

I feel that this could have a mixed effect. Perhaps MS will begin to fix the security problems that they are aware of and the new ones that they are without a doubt finding now, or as soon as the hacking attacks begin. Consumers will be putting pressure on MS to increase security immediately.
Perhaps this is not totally bad.... B)
Only time will tell for sure.

~*McoreD*~

13th Feb 04 01:29 AM

List of files stolen.

Code:

hxxp://waste.org/~uber/files.txt

Source: RWSBetas.

I can see some C++ files in there.

Whoever leaked it should be dealt with in much the same way murderers and child molesters are.
25 years in jail for leaking Windows' source code? Sounds about right to me.

war59312

13th Feb 04 02:43 AM

Well the source code i out there. Sure most people here will have it in no time. ;)

Is it real? I'm not a expert so i cant say...

Code:



/* Source Code Windows 2000 */



#include "win31.h"

#include "win95.h"

#include "win98.h"

#include "workst~1.h"

#include "evenmore.h"

#include "oldstuff.h"

#include "billrulz.h"

#include "monopoly.h"

#include "backdoor.h"

#define INSTALL = HARD



char make_prog_look_big(16000000);

void main()

{

  while(!CRASHED)

  {

    display_copyright_message();

    display_bill_rules_message();

    do_nothing_loop();



    if (first_time_installation)

      {

      make_100_megabyte_swapfile();

      do_nothing_loop();

      totally_screw_up_HPFS_file_system();

      search_and_destroy_the_rest_of-OS2();

      make_futile_attempt_to_damage_Linux();

      disable_Netscape();

      disable_RealPlayer();

      disable_Lotus_Products();

      hang_system();

      } //if

    write_something(anything);

    display_copyright_message();

    do_nothing_loop();

    do_some_stuff();



    if (still_not_crashed)

    {

    display_copyright_message();

    do_nothing_loop();

    basically_run_windows_31();

    do_nothing_loop();

    } // if

  } //while



  if (detect_cache())

    disable_cache();



  if (fast_cpu())

    {

    set_wait_states(lots);

    set_mouse(speed,very_slow);

    set_mouse(action,jumpy);

    set_mouse(reaction,sometimes);

    } //if



  /* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.1");    */

  /* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.11");   */

  /* printf("Welcome to Windows 95");     */

  /* printf("Welcome to Windows NT 3.0"); */

  /* printf("Welcome to Windows 98");     */

  /* printf("Welcome to Windows NT 4.0"); */

  printf("Welcome to Windows 2000");



  if (system_ok())

    crash(to_dos_prompt)

  else

    system_memory = open("a:\swp0001.swp",O_CREATE);



  while(something)

    {

    sleep(5);

    get_user_input();

    sleep(5);

    act_on_user_input();

    sleep(5);

    } // while

  create_general_protection_fault();



} // main

lol :P

~*McoreD*~

13th Feb 04 02:56 AM

Microsoft is investigating the possibility that a file posted to several underground sites and chat rooms contains some protected source code to Windows 2000.

The 203MB file contains the code that appears to be from Microsoft's enterprise operating system, but the code is not complete, said Dragos Ruiu, a security consultant and the organizer of the CanSecWest security conference, who has examined the file listing.

"It was on the peer-to-peer networks and IRC (Internet relay chat) today," Ruiu said. "Everybody has got it; it's widespread now."

The 203MB file expands to just under 660MB, he said, noting that the final code size almost perfectly matches the capacity of a typical CD-ROM. The entire source code, he said, is believed to be about 40GB, meaning that the file circulating Thursday would be only a fraction of the full code base--if it is authentic.

Ruiu, who has seen the file, believes it to be authentic. "It looks real," he said. "You can't build Windows, however. It's just a bunch of chunks of the operating system."

Source: RWSBetas

Code:

 /* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.1");    */

 /* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.11");   */

 /* printf("Welcome to Windows 95");     */

 /* printf("Welcome to Windows NT 3.0"); */

 /* printf("Welcome to Windows 98");     */

 /* printf("Welcome to Windows NT 4.0"); */

 printf("Welcome to Windows 2000");

Doesn't this bit of code proves that MS is just updating the same code for their OSes? Yes it does. Just look at how they inactivated the old code and inserted the new line for Widows 2000. That code looks like C# :D

And also where in Windows it is dumping swp0001.swp to A: (Floppy Disk Drive) ? :huh:

wI-OSMAN-

13th Feb 04 04:37 AM

somone said that, that's a joke.. not the real source code...

Edit: Avoided Quote Embedding.

unicorn

13th Feb 04 06:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ~*McoreD*~@Feb 13 2004, 02:29 AM
Whoever leaked it should be dealt with in much the same way murderers and child molesters are.
25 years in jail for leaking Windows' source code? Sounds about right to me.

Lol. I hope you aren't member of the Supreme Court?!

Get real, it's not like the end of the world or something. If it's true we all will benefit from it in the long term.

~*McoreD*~

13th Feb 04 09:16 AM

@wI-OSMAN-, yes mate. I think so too. Those comments in the source code is too silly to be in the real source code. :)

Seducer

13th Feb 04 09:30 AM

I hope this is true....

~*McoreD*~

13th Feb 04 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Seducer@Feb 13 2004, 05:30 PM
I hope this is true....

It is officially confirmed!

Code:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/Feb04/02-12windowssource.asp

war59312

13th Feb 04 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by wI-OSMAN-@Feb 12 2004, 11:37 PM

somone said that, that's a joke.. not the real source code...

Really? I thought it was real. Well damn. :(

:lol:

Edit: Quote Embedding = False.

war59312

13th Feb 04 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ~*McoreD*~@Feb 13 2004, 04:38 AM
It is officially confirmed!

Code:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/Feb04/02-12windowssource.asp

Well I be damn. Thank God. Now microsoft canhopefully clean up their act before someone else does it for them. :blink:

Seducer

14th Feb 04 04:25 AM

Im very happy...I think all programmers this is a "MUST HAVE" items....

Thomas Larsen

27th Mar 04 03:06 PM

Windows 2000 Source

Suprise is the real code...

it is possibel to build Windows 2000
allmost from the 203 MB File
The missing part is some headers and drivers and services

Their are code for Explorer.exe Shell32.dll and Kernel32.dll User32.dll CommDlg32.dll Ntoskrnl.exe is in theire and allot more

tried to build explorer.exe succesfull winlogon.exe sucessfull and the main dll Kernel32.dll sucessfull with the code the DDK DriverKit XP and a littel mind and it are very usefull not only for hackers but also the Wine Project witch is full of mistakes but with the source you could be able to emulate windows and all its apps perfect on linux maybe faster but i liked microsoft linux is allways behind

you are very lucky if u get your new computer running on linux maybe if your computer is 2 years old it would work perfect

so i just optimized my windows 2000 insted boots 7 times faster and got a really fast operating system removed all comp. from old winapps and got a system their newer crashed microsoft problem has been bad working apps slow cpus and the code contains allot of fixes and improvments their newer got into windows 2000

eks:
Explorer
On Invalid Reg Remove value and keys and then it used the standard value
Unreg Dll. files when deleting
and a lot more.. removed becures slow cpus 300-500 mhz but on the new cpus this could make a really stabel system.

and if your are programmer their are so many undoc futures in the code and special check rutines so you can make your apps run much more smoothly even in windows XP so get the source its brilliant code...

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