Insanity #04 18 декабря 1999

Интернет

IT'S Funny !!! - Microsoft hackers band: AOL vs. MSN.

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  Not so long ago between Microsoft and America Online
developed this war. PR-managers,
standing in a pose of offended dignity,
exchanged fierce looks, the lawyers -
empty accusations, and the operational
team of programmers - alternately breaking.


  Everything started with the fact that AOL, podlizyvayas to
freestyle developers published protocols
AIM (AOL Instant Messenger), claiming
Laura ICQ internet pager. A Microsoft Take
and offer service MSN Messaging Service,
you can connect to AIM. All you have to
This requires a - to enter the login and
password America Online. I mean
Microsoft has released its own program for
Instant Messaging - MSN messenger.
And this kind of communication, for the most part
controlled by America Online, have Ktorov there
ICQ's 38 million users, and AOL Instant
Messenger (AIM) with 40 million. Do not start the same
Microsoft all over again - that she realized in
MSN Messenger to send messages to
AIM and ICQ.

  AOL afraid that Microsoft, since
acquisition of Netscape has become its worst
competitor will have access to millions of
accounts, but also to the buddy lists of AIM,
and opened fire. America Online likened
Microsoft hacker who steals other people's passwords (in some
cases, MSN Messenger does require a name
and password in AOL, associated with its
financial information). And put a block on
the way messages coming to AIM and ICQ from
enemy's program. Microsoft offended by AOL and
has released a patch to get around
posed protection. MSN Messenger was again
send messages anywhere. AOL defense
improved. Microsoft has released another
Fix. AOL once again cut off communications with MSN Messeger
and created, together with Aplle alliance to jointly
programming messaging.
Microsoft stiffened, and learned how to circumvent this
protection, released the third fix and called on his
side of 7 companies, including Yahoo and AT'T. AOL
again reinforced the armor and its coalition
joined by such 'friends' Microsoft, like Sun
Microsystems and Real Networks. Opposition
Continues: practiced by hacking into
protect each other and calling for a unified standard
for instant messaging.

  The battle reached its peak when a man identifying himself as
independent consultant, said the specialist
Computer Security, Richard Smith that
AOL blocking buffer overflows in the
AIM, opening thus a hefty hole in the
protection. Smith is not only verify the absence of
such problems in AIM, but also traced the trail
anonimschika to the internal mail server
Microsoft. The latter immediately said it would not
authorize this information attack.


  In general, the battle is over all the rules.
In the words of Leo Tolstoy, during the war
legalized all the horrible crime
endorses everything that could harm
opponent. In peacetime, and Microsoft, and AOL
called the most dangerous enemy hackers
humanity, but now they are doing that
breaking each other's programs.


  Not only accuses AOL of Microsoft Corporation in
hacking. Known group of programmers luck
"The Cult of the Dead Cow" (CDC) responds to
it roughly the same words. In June, the CDC
released a new version for the remote
Administration (or Trojan horse - as
view) Back Orifice 2000. This event
turned into an unfortunate embarrassment for the CDC: CDs
were infected with CIH. Hackers are publicly
apologized and said they could not understand how
happened. So, Microsoft stated that
as the Back Orifice server can be run
the user's computer in the "invisible" mode
It lets it certainly is harmful and can not
serve a good purpose. CDC is very offended and
reminded Microsoft, that its own Systems
Management Server allows you to administer
remote computer without notifying the
user. Therefore, say hackers, SMS
is the same nehoroshey program, and
Antivirus vendors have to add it
signatures in its software.

P.S. Paper was prepared on the network
Internet, as well as under Mikhail Popov
Computer Weekly Computerra +
(Perm issue).