Windows 2000 & Windows NT 4 Source Code Leaks

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[Dinsdale]

PeterHammer writes "Neowin.net is reporting that Windows 2000 and Windows NT source code has been leaked to the internet. More on this as we hear it."

[Dinsdale]

Had to happen.

[AntiKev]

Open source? :P

[SoDak]

Are there any reports of anyone fixing it?

[widgysoft]

this should have happened a long time ago....

[smith288]

[Dinsdale]

Nope. In fact the consensus is not to even look at it.

If you do they expect MS to turn into SCOX after it has died (claim all future work of anybody who looked at their source).

[Abcdefg]

Great response!

[Mr. K]

Does anyone know where?

[Rams82]

Maybe we will find out about NSAKey now...hehe

[smith288]

Neowin seems to be having some issues...

Traffic perhaps?

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[kevkrom]

Are there any reports of anyone fixing it?

That's the laugh-out-loud line of the day, thanks!

[smith288]

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[Boundless]

> ... the consensus is not to even look at it.

Someone will, and perhaps they need to - or at
least write a script that robotically scans each
line and compares it to all of Linux.

MS has been successfully sued in the past for
plagiarizing code (e.g. Stac Electronics), and
it would not be surprising if they've stolen
some copyrighted code released under the GPL.
If so, they need to be called on it.

[philetus]

Neowin has learned of shocking and potentially devastating news. It would appear that two packages are circulating on the internet, one being the source code to Windows 2000, and the other being the source code to Windows NT. At this time, it is hard to establish whether or not full code has leaked, and this will undoubtedly remain the situation until an attempt is made to compile them. Microsoft are currently unavailable for comment surrounding this leak so we have no official response from them at the time of writing.

This leak is a shock not only to Neowin, but to the wider IT industry. The ramifications of this leak are far reaching and devastating. This reporter does not wish to be sensationalist, but the number of industries and critical systems that are based around these technologies that could be damaged by new exploits found in this source code is something that doesn't bare thinking about.

We ask that for the wider benefit of the IT community that members and readers support Microsoft by forwarding anything they know about the leak to the Microsoft's Anti-Piracy department.

Please do not post any links/screenshots/hints or anything to do with the source code outbreak. Discussion is allowed but we will not condone people spreading this source code.

[Dinsdale]

They are slashdotted.

A slashdotter found a list of files (2.1MB) included at http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~mortehu/files.txt

Others report finding the package, these are not fools.

It looks real.

Something named something named Windows.Source.Code.w2k.nt4.wxp.tar is circulating.

Now we see if microsoft has perfected the unpost ;-)

[ClintonBeGone]

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[null and void]

Doesn't the US Navy run all it's shipboard functions on windows NT???

I wonder how many 'unfriendly' people would love to know where the holes all are?...

[philetus]

Here it is:

/* Source Code to Windows 2000 */

#include "win31.h"
#include "win95.h"
#include "win98.h"
#include "workst~1.h"
#include "evenmore.h"
#include "oldstuff.h"
#include "billrulz.h"
#include "monopoly.h"
#define INSTALL = HARD

char make_prog_look_big[1600000];
void main()
{
while(!CRASHED)
{
display_copyright_message();
display_bill_rules_message();
do_nothing_loop();
if (first_time_installation)
{
make_50_megabyte_swapfile();
do_nothing_loop();
totally_screw_up_HPFS_file_system();
search_and_destroy_the_rest_of_OS/2();
make_futile_attempt_to_damage_Linux();
disable_Netscape();
disable_RealPlayer();
disable_Lotus_Products();
hang_system();
}

write_something(anything);
display_copyright_message();
do_nothing_loop();
do_some_stuff();

if (still_not_crashed)
{
display_copyright_message();
do_nothing_loop();
basically_run_windows_3.1();
do_nothing_loop();
do_nothing_loop();
}
}

if (detect_cache())
disable_cache();

if (fast_cpu())
{
set_wait_states(lots);
set_mouse(speed, very_slow);
set_mouse(action, jumpy);
set_mouse(reaction, sometimes);
}

/* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.1"); */
/* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.11"); */
/* printf("Welcome to Windows 95"); */
/* printf("Welcome to Windows NT 3.0"); */
/* printf("Welcome to Windows 98"); */
/* printf("Welcome to Windows NT 4.0"); */
printf("Welcome to Windows 2000");

if (system_ok())
crash(to_dos_prompt)
else
system_memory = open("a:\swp0001.swp", O_CREATE);

while(something)
{
sleep(5);
get_user_input();
sleep(5);
act_on_user_input();
sleep(5);
}
create_general_protection_fault();

[balrog666]

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!

[lelio]

while(something)

I see my coding skillz are up to Microsoft level!