![]() “It’s fairly clear that this was not shown to be any breach of the Microsoft corporate network or Microsoft internal security,” Pilla told. But he stressed that the code leak did not come from within Microsoft itself. ![]() Microsoft spokesman Tom Pilla had no comment on the BetaNews report about Mainsoft. He said the Windows 2000 code contains three references to Mainsoft. Another 338MB download that was in circulation on Internet sites was a small subset of Windows 2000 SP1 (service pack 1). ![]() It includes some code for Internet Explorer version 4. “Given how hard people have pounded away at the binaries in the past, pouring over 55,000 source files to find something new in old versions will likely/hopefully be a very unfulfilling task,” Cooper said in a note to the Bugtraq list.Īccording to Cooper, the chunks of code specifically related to Windows NT 4.0 SP3, all relating to NT 4.0 Server except IIS (Internet Information Server), Microsoft’s Web server. Russ Cooper, security consultant and editor of the NT Bugtraq list, said it would be very surprising if the code leak resulted in any significant new risk. “References to MainWin can also be found throughout the leaked source files, which do not compile into a usable form of Windows,” the BetaNews report said. The report said the leaked code includes 30,915 files and was apparently removed from a Linux computer used by Mainsoft for development purposes. In that regard, Web site reported Friday that the leaked Windows 2000 code came from Mainsoft, a San Jose, Calif.-based strategic software partner of Microsoft. As Microsoft searches for sources of the illicit release of parts of its Windows 2000 and NT4 operating system code, its gaze may fall heavily upon those developers. Over half a million developers currently have at least some access to
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