Sony, Rootkits And Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far

"Last week when I was testing the latest version of RootkitRevealer (RKR) I
ran a scan on one of my systems and was shocked to see evidence of a
rootkit. Rootkits are cloaking technologies that hide files, Registry keys,
and other system objects from diagnostic and security software, and they
are usually employed by malware attempting to keep their implementation
hidden (see my ?Unearthing Rootkits? article from thre June issue of
Windows IT Pro Magazine for more information on rootkits). The RKR results
window reported a hidden directory, several hidden device drivers, and a
hidden application:"

http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/200...al-rights.html

Imhotep

Great article and awesome program. I've stopped buying any music that
has DRM as they don't work on my car CD player.

--Austin

Imhotep wrote:
> "Last week when I was testing the latest version of RootkitRevealer (RKR) I
> ran a scan on one of my systems and was shocked to see evidence of a
> rootkit. Rootkits are cloaking technologies that hide files, Registry keys,
> and other system objects from diagnostic and security software, and they
> are usually employed by malware attempting to keep their implementation
> hidden (see my ?Unearthing Rootkits? article from thre June issue of
> Windows IT Pro Magazine for more information on rootkits). The RKR results
> window reported a hidden directory, several hidden device drivers, and a
> hidden application:"
>
> http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/200...al-rights.html
>
> Imhotep

AustinHoliday wrote:
> Great article and awesome program. I've stopped buying any music that
> has DRM as they don't work on my car CD player.

A great demonstration of why DRM belongs in corporate environments, but not
in consumer content.

What's to think of a "theft protection" system that:
(a) doesn't protect against people doing "bit-for-bit" or physical copies,
as the pirates do
(b) puts honest consumers in the situation of either having to make a copy
against the content providers' wishes, or having to go without the content
that they've purchased (I notice that it doesn't cost less to get content
that you can't use as easily).

DRM is not (nor can it be) about protecting against theft, it's about
limiting the use of the content /by the _legitimate_ user/.

Alun.
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In the Usenet newsgroup comp.security.misc, in article
<lK-dnVi_UoAusPXeRVn-1w@adelphia.com>, Imhotep wrote:

>"Last week when I was testing the latest version of RootkitRevealer (RKR)

Oh ghod, another one?

>I ran a scan on one of my systems and was shocked to see evidence of a
>rootkit. Rootkits are cloaking technologies that hide files, Registry keys,

Ah, it's just another windoze anti-malware thingy. I was confusing it
with 'chkrootkit' (http://www.chkrootkit.org/) and 'rkhunter'
(http://www.rootkit.nl/) which are relatively useless windoze wannabe kits
for *nix. I wish people would chose more appropriate names. 'root' is a
UNIX user, or has microsoft invented a new username?

Old guy

Alun Jones wrote:

> AustinHoliday wrote:
>> Great article and awesome program. I've stopped buying any music that
>> has DRM as they don't work on my car CD player.
>
> A great demonstration of why DRM belongs in corporate environments, but
> not in consumer content.
>
> What's to think of a "theft protection" system that:
> (a) doesn't protect against people doing "bit-for-bit" or physical copies,
> as the pirates do
> (b) puts honest consumers in the situation of either having to make a copy
> against the content providers' wishes, or having to go without the content
> that they've purchased (I notice that it doesn't cost less to get content
> that you can't use as easily).
>
> DRM is not (nor can it be) about protecting against theft, it's about
> limiting the use of the content /by the _legitimate_ user/.
>
> Alun.
> ~~~~
> [Please don't email posters, if a Usenet response is appropriate.]

The entertainment industry is just trying to go to a "pay-per-play"
format...that is the real reason for all of this....

Imhotep