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Lots of links here:
http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/

The 20 offending cd's so far:
http://slashdot.org/~xtracto/journal/121088


http://sstern.ccim.com/2005/11/11/ho...-sony-rootkit/

just click on the Washington post link to read it


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Their ethics are a short summary of police ordinances: for them the most
important thing is to be a useful member of the state, and to air their
opinions in the club of an evening; they have never felt the homesickness
for something unknown and far away, nor the depths which consists in being
nothing at all.
___________Soren Kierkegaard

Ellis_jay

"ellis_jay" <> wrote in message
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> Lots of links here:
> http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/
>
> The 20 offending cd's so far:
> http://slashdot.org/~xtracto/journal/121088
>
>
> http://sstern.ccim.com/2005/11/11/ho...-sony-rootkit/
>
> just click on the Washington post link to read it
>
>
> --
>
> Their ethics are a short summary of police ordinances: for them the most
> important thing is to be a useful member of the state, and to air their
> opinions in the club of an evening; they have never felt the homesickness
> for something unknown and far away, nor the depths which consists in being
> nothing at all.
> ___________Soren Kierkegaard
>
> Ellis_jay
>
>
Does Zone Alarm & other firewalls stop the Rootkit's communication with
Sony?

ellis_jay wrote:
> Lots of links here: http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/
>
> The 20 offending cd's so far:
> http://slashdot.org/~xtracto/journal/121088
>
>
> http://sstern.ccim.com/2005/11/11/ho...-sony-rootkit/
>
>
> just click on the Washington post link to read it
>
>


Here's another one:
http://dewinter.com/modules.php?name...rticle&sid=215

Looks like perhaps Sony used pirated code in their DRM software (they
violated *all* of the terms of an open source license.)

Best regards,
Bob