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Microsoft shares source code with lots of partners. It would be asinine to admit that source code leaks, accidental or otherwise, would compromise their securit
by daniel-levin 6y ago
Microsoft shares source code with lots of partners. It would be asinine to admit that source code leaks, accidental or otherwise, would compromise their security. If they did that, it would create headaches for their massive contracts where source sharing is a prerequisite. So they toe the party line and say no, in fact, source code leaks do not compromise security.
- macjohnmcc 6y agoMany years ago when I worked at Microsoft I asked for the source code to Solitaire. A few days later I received a stack of CD-ROMs with the entire source code of Windows NT (4.0 maybe).
- rbanffy 6y ago> a stack of CD-ROMs with the entire source code of Windows NT That's a lot of code. Scary.
- mandeepj 6y ago>That's a lot of code. It's estimated to be around 40 million lines of code
- macjohnmcc 6y agoAnd it was not compressed it was just a bunch of files and folders. My guess is it was around 15 CD-ROMs
- rbanffy 6y ago40 million lines of 80 characters would fit in 5 CDs. With a more reasonable average length, it'd fit comfortably in 3. And 40 million lines for an OS is a crazy amount of code.
- herodoturtle 6y agoAnd what of the source code to Solitaire!? Cool memory, thanks for sharing.
- westmeal 6y agoCan't wait until cozy bear leaks that :D
- macjohnmcc 6y agoMake that winning animation use the GPU!
- sn_master 6y agoNT 4 code was already leaked almost full back in 2004. You can still find it with relative ease if you know where to look, or search for certain keywords in the code.
- keyle 6y agoMan I'm old, but give me NT 4 with modern technology support, modern drivers and GPU driven and I would move in a heartbeat.
- sn_master 6y agoWhat do you miss the most? The UI? Speed?
- vxNsr 6y agoYes! UI was amazing and obviously you can’t beat the speed it would run at on modern hardware
- sn_master 6y agoUI shouldn't be too hard (https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/8628/ https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/8628/). I am not so sure about the speed if you'll use modern drivers.
- sedatk 6y agoThat was before Source Depot, I presume.
- macjohnmcc 6y agoThey were using SLM (Slime) but I did not have access to the server since I was on a different project (Microsoft Systems Management Server).
- TedDoesntTalk 6y ago> Microsoft shares source code with lots of partners ALL source code for ALL active AND inactive projects? I highly doubt it. You simply have no idea if the attackers had access to unshared, proprietary code or not. Like Azure server-side components.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoThe source code is already out there, so any compromises have already been found and exploited. Leaking it further won't create more vulnerabilities, and more likely will cause existing vulnerabilities to be found by white hats