Hello,
While perusing this link, I came across a number of utilities that are quite useful during the initial stages of incident response. It seems that MS decided to lock down all security-related downloads to genuine Windows installations. That leaves us security engineers who utilize other platforms as their primary environment out in the cold.
I agree with their position to lock down OS updates, however I question the wisdom behind locking down tools such as PortReporter.
Could you shed some light on this situation?
Thank you,
-- Matt
Matt
22 Aug 2005 10:25 PM
14 Sep 2005 6:54 AM
Matt's talking about the Windows Genuine Advantage process. In order to download certain things you need to prove to Microsoft that you have a genuine, activated version of Windows.
I realize that this can be a problem to users who aren't using Windows to do the downloading. The problem is that there are a lot of people who do use Windows... but haven't paid for it. They "borrowed" a CD from a friend, for example. By restricting these free downloads to users with an activated version of Windows, we are providing value to our paying customers while hopefully encouraging others to buy a legitimate copy.
I don't see this changing anytime soon -- we've had very little negative feedback on this. Sorry Matt, you may need to fire up your legit copy of XP to get this stuff.
...jeff
larry webster
24 Oct 2011 7:22 PM
I think this is very reasonable, you must pay for software not bootleg it! or else what kind of <a href="www.infosecsecurity.com/.../a>
can you expect ?