RE: Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far

["Jason Geffner" <jasongef () microsoft com>]

Does anyone have the EULA for this? I'm curious as to whether or not it
explicitly states that it installs rootkit-like software.

- Jason


-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
On Behalf Of Florian Weimer
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 6:20 AM
To: nick () virus-l demon co uk
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone
Too Far

* Nick FitzGerald:

> Some of us were alerted to this a week or so back, but were honour 
> bound not to "go public", at least for a while.  However, as
Systernals 
> has found and reported it independently that has changed...
>
>    http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/xcp_drm.shtml
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/archive-112005.html#00000691

The really interesting question is if you can legally publish software
which removes such rootkits.  Even detection is a tricky subject.
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