01-19-2005
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Six Feet Under
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Isnīt that the same Freeme.exe, which MS have a fix for?
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Microsoft has evaluated the Freeme.exe software posted October 19, 2001 on The Register Web site, and has verified that for users who have purchased or licensed content that is protected by Microsoft Windows Media Digital Rights Management version 7 (including 7.1), the Freeme software can be applied to breach the Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection of the content. It is important to note that this breach does not pose any privacy threat to users personal information on their computers. Also, this breach only affects content protected with Windows Media Rights Manager version 7 Software Development Kit (SDK), not version 1.
Microsoft has also verified that this breach is predicated upon obtaining a valid license, which means you cannot circumvent the security for content that has not been licensed or purchased by a user, because if content is protected with Microsoft Windows Media DRM, the user acquires the license separately from the content.
Microsoft takes any DRM breach very seriously. Ensuring that our products remain secure from hackers remains a top priority, now and in the future. Because any DRM system can potentially be compromised, Microsoft designed the Windows Media DRM system to support dynamic updates, should a security compromise like this occur. This update mechanism, referred to as security renewal, does not require a new release of the Windows Media Player or the Windows Media Format Software Development Kit.
Microsoft has released the fix for the Freeme software and we have included additional security to make it more difficult for future attackers to leverage information already published.
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...drm/freeme.aspx
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