full-disclosure - Re: Defeating Microsoft WGA Validation Check

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Date: Tue May 24 10:00:25 2005
From: dean_johnson68 at yahoo.com (Dean Johnson)
Subject: Re: Defeating Microsoft WGA Validation Check

this isnt the first time news.com reported such information. some times back the .net passport vulnerability was also reported by news.com and was credited to faisal danka instead of pakistan cert who actually found the vulnerability and reported to microsoft.

news.com story on .net passport vulnerability

http://news.com.com/2100-1002-1000429.html

pakistan cert "facts" page

http://www.pakcert.org/facts.html

pictureview@...tiamail.gr wrote:

news.com posted an article with the title "Bypass found for Windows piracy check" which still calls Debasis Mohanty founder
of this crack.But they cant really know who found it first because their only source to the article is THIS mailing list
and the article is based on Debasis Mohanty's disclosure.
 The interesting on the article is the official microsoft answer
on the crack. "Microsoft confirmed that the technique could circumvent the piracy check, but a representative said Monday that the company is not worried." In the article the representative analyze this hack and explain why (by microsoft's opinion...) it is not a threat for Microsoft. Also the article speaks about the rapidly expiration which is a point that Debasis Mohanty mistaken.
 Read it at http://news.com.com/Bypass+found+for+Windows+piracy+check/2100-1002_3-5717127.html?tag=st_lh
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