RE: Crack Office XP

["Kayne Ian (Softlab)" <Ian.Kayne () softlab co uk>]

Ok, 2 points I'd like to make:

1. After approximately 2 minutes of searching, I've found different cracks
of both Windows and Office XP. Thats serials & ISO's. 99% of products have
been cracked - even these
shareware-fully-enabled-but-with-a-register-me-reminder.

2. This article on GRC.COM seems to be making the rounds on most newsgroups.
My personal opinion is that it's a load of crap. I've posted a longer
version on my thoughts elsewhere, but to summarise, Steve seems to blame
Microsoft for user-illiteracy of the operating system, and malicious 3rd
party code. Thats like blaming a car manufacturer when the driver of the car
has an accident.

Anyway, for those of you who are interested, here's MS's rebuttal:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/raw_sockets.asp

Ian Kayne
Technical Specialist - IT Solutions
Softlab Ltd - A BMW Company


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ricardo_x [mailto:ricardo_x () hotmail com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 11:27 PM
> To: vuln-dev () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: Crack Office XP
>
>
>
> ... just wanted to add my 2 cents:
>
> folks,
> regardless whether any progy/os is crackable or not (btw please add
> office-xp to the list)
> what I find incredible and a true issue to this newsgroup is 
> micro$oft's
> intention to 100% implement
> the raw sockets specification. (see more info at Steve Gibson'
> http://grc.com/dos/winxp.htm)
>
> welcome to the jungle,
>
> ricardo
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bill_weiss () att net>
> To: <vuln-dev () securityfocus com>
> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 2:21 AM
> Subject: Re: Crack Office XP
>
>
> > bill_weiss () att net(bill_weiss () att net)@Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at
> 01:25:07PM -0600:
> > > Blue Boar(BlueBoar () thievco com)@Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 
> 09:54:38PM -0700:
> > > > Nicolás Gómez wrote:
> > > > > I went to the launching of the Office XP... in the 
> entering of the
> Ballroom
> > > > > they bring to you a bag with some products....One of 
> them was a
> Office XP
> > > > > trial for 30 days
> > > > >
> > > > > if someone has that crack or has some place to search 
> for it, i'd
> appreciate
> > > > > it
> > > >
> > > > Several people have already replied that "this is the 
> wrong list",
> > > > or "go buy the software".  Including one guy who made 
> that comment,
> > > > and then included a serial number.  Go figure.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, I let it through because there have been news 
> stories that
> > > > it has been cracked, and MS denies it.  I was hoping 
> for an answer.
> > > > Second, I was hoping for a discussion of how the copy protection
> > > > in XP products works.  Yes, it's a bit off-topic for vuln-dev,
> > > > and I usually toss such queries.  However, this is 
> going to affect a
> > > > lot more people, and I think it's also going to touch on privacy
> > > > issues.
> > >
> > > And here we thought you were losing your mind :)
> > >
> > > I, personally, have no intentions of ever touching this 
> OS, if I can.
> > > But, some of my friends who are active in the warez scene 
> have been
> running
> > > beta builds of it, sometimes since the day they come out. 
>  For more
> info,
> > > I refer you to this site:
> > > http://winblowz.orcon.net.nz/whistler.html
> > > and, if that goes down, it's found at
> > > http://kickme.to/winblowz98
> > > And clicking on "Windows Whistler/XP"
> >
> > Arrgghh...  Office != Windows (thanks to the person who 
> pointed this out).
> > Same site (http://kickme.to/winblowz98), different link.  I 
> imagine you
> can
> > find it.


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