July 2007 - cypherpunks-legacy

Microsoft protects me against ... Microsoft
by David de Leeuw 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

After the latest monthly automatic updates for Windows XP, I got the following message on my screen: Data Execution Prevention: Microsoft Windows To help protect you computer, Windows has closed this program. Name: Windows Explorer Publisher: Microsoft Corporation Data Execution Prevention helps protect against damage from viruses and other security threats. What should I do? ----------------- Here is the screen picture: http://fohs.bgu.ac.il/bgu-med/pub/windowserror.jpg I will leave it to the Risks readers to find a creative explanation. David de Leeuw, Medical Computing Unit, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheva, Israel [Actually, a Beer sounds like a good idea, after which you could Sit Shiva for your PC. PGN] ------------------------------

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by Cypherpunks 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

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17 Jul '07

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Sony BMG sues anti-piracy company
by R.A. Hettinga 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/business/6897202.stm> The BBC Business Contents: Economy Companies Friday, 13 July 2007, 10:45 GMT 11:45 UK Sony BMG sues anti-piracy company Record company Sony BMG is suing a firm that designed controversial anti-piracy software used on CDs sold by the label. Sony BMG filed papers in a New York state court seeking $12m in damages from the Arizona-based Amergence Group. It says Amergence's Mediamax software landed it with a $5.75m (#2.83m) bill for compensation after users reported problems with their computers. Amergence disputes the claims and blames another company's software for the problems. Amergence, formerly known as SunnComm, developed the Mediamax anti-piracy program, which was used on 32 Sony CDs released in the US and Canada. In December 2005, Sony BMG issued a statement highlighting problems with the Mediamax software and urging users to install a patch that closed a security loophole which it said MediaMax opened on PCs. At the same time, other consumers took action over Sony CDs that were being protected with another anti-piracy technology known as XCP. Sony eventually recalled all the CDs that used XCP and offered to swap customers' existing discs for ones that did not use the software. A statement from Amergence said the problems had resulted from "Sony's undertested release of a competitor's technology" and "BMG's 'final authority' input in determining the functional specifications of the Mediamax copy protection". -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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Space Shuttle uses 2-version programming
by Peter G Neumann 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

As I understand it, the following is true: the FIFTH computer is not fully functional -- it is intended to have just enough programming to land the shuttle in the event that the four main computers all fail. Testing it safely under live conditions where the first four computers are inoperable is essentially undesirable, if not practically impossible. The fifth system has never been invoked. Worse yet, it has most likely not been maintained for compatibility with the other four. That is not what is generally thought of as N-version programming for N=2 in the realistic sense of the word, although it might be considered so for the stark subset of the functionality. It is more like a hot standby fail-safe mechanism. ------------------------------

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Space Shuttle uses 2-version programming
by Peter G Neumann 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

As I understand it, the following is true: the FIFTH computer is not fully functional -- it is intended to have just enough programming to land the shuttle in the event that the four main computers all fail. Testing it safely under live conditions where the first four computers are inoperable is essentially undesirable, if not practically impossible. The fifth system has never been invoked. Worse yet, it has most likely not been maintained for compatibility with the other four. That is not what is generally thought of as N-version programming for N=2 in the realistic sense of the word, although it might be considered so for the stark subset of the functionality. It is more like a hot standby fail-safe mechanism. ------------------------------

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17 Jul '07

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by R.A. Hettinga 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

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16 Jul '07

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