Re: Sony's XCP player includes an auto-update feature

[Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>]

--On Monday, November 21, 2005 16:33:17 -0500 "Richard M. Smith" 
<rms () computerbytesman com> wrote:
> As it turns out, there's a clear solution: A self-updating messaging
> system already built into Sony's XCP player. Every time a user plays a
> XCP-affected CD, the XCP player checks in with Sony's server. As
> Russinovich explained, usually Sony's server sends back a null response.
> But with small adjustments on Sony's end -- just changing the output of a
> single script on a Sony web server -- the XCP player can automatically
> inform users of the software improperly installed on their hard drives,
> and of their resulting rights and choices.

I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for that to happen.

Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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