The Windows XP source code has been shared to 4chan, and has now made its way to Mega and torrents.
Windows XP Source Code Reportedly Posted to 4chan : Read more
Windows XP Source Code Reportedly Posted to 4chan : Read more
no one is making drivers for win XP any more .. I dont see this leak is going anywhere ...
With the source code available, coders and developers can, theoretically at least, MAKE drivers that would allow practically ANY piece of hardware compatible with XP, which is exactly what Microsoft DOESN'T want to happen, because that means the OS continues to thrive and present a thread to the overall health of systems everywhere since the OS is far less secure than current OS platforms.no one is making drivers for win XP any more .. I dont see this leak is going anywhere ...
You don't need the Windows XP source code to make drivers for XP, only the appropriate driver development kit for a version of Visual Studio that supports XP driver development. If you want to make drivers for XP, you still can get the DDK, VS and even the entire MSDN library that was available in downloadable format back then.With the source code available, coders and developers can, theoretically at least, MAKE drivers that would allow practically ANY piece of hardware compatible with XP
With the source code available, coders and developers can, theoretically at least, MAKE drivers that would allow practically ANY piece of hardware compatible with XP, which is exactly what Microsoft DOESN'T want to happen, because that means the OS continues to thrive and present a thread to the overall health of systems everywhere since the OS is far less secure than current OS platforms.
But having the source code could mean seeing a resurgence of this OS, with no NEED for any kind of official support, activation or involvement from Microsoft at all, not to mention an inside track to nefarious persons looking to find vulnerabilities in code that may still be in use through version after version of Windows OS.
The kernel's older than that.This article fails to mention that Windows XP and all later versions share the same kernel, including Windows 10. I would imagine that more than 50% of that kernel code hasn't changed since the days of XP.
Or any other country who happens to still want to use Windows but get away from something made by an American company.I see Chinese fingers all over this and if not the actual leak then a subsequent OS that "surprise, surprise" looks and acts like Windows.
The article brings up great reasons to be concerned, but Linux has always been open-source. Why don't we have the same concerns about a modern, up-to-date OS being open-source? I'm sort of being facetious, because we're obviously not concerned as Linux is installed on 10s of millions of servers world-wide, but I don't really understand why that's not a concern when the XP source-code leak is potentially a security concern.The Windows XP source code has been shared to 4chan, and has now made its way to Mega and torrents.
Windows XP Source Code Reportedly Posted to 4chan : Read more
You may be forget than Microsoft since W3.11 copy/paste this code OS after OS. It's why you receive same error message than 20 years ago or the window not change same error message. This code is too big and not enough devs and can't code all from scratch.
So probably a lot of security issues these next months.
China is one of the largest sources of XP installs still running because it was easy to pirate.I see Chinese fingers all over this and if not the actual leak then a subsequent OS that "surprise, surprise" looks and acts like Windows.
A lot of the world as moved on from Windows XP. Anything that anyone can find in there as a security hole likely won't work on the newer versions. In fact, one of the earliest exploits I recall that to me cemented that UAC was more or less a good thing was one that worked on Windows 2000 and XP, but didn't on Vista because it triggered UAC to block it from running automatically.The article brings up great reasons to be concerned, but Linux has always been open-source. Why don't we have the same concerns about a modern, up-to-date OS being open-source? I'm sort of being facetious, because we're obviously not concerned as Linux is installed on 10s of millions of servers world-wide, but I don't really understand why that's not a concern when the XP source-code leak is potentially a security concern.
I hope Microsoft learn and push all these Windows sources code for increase security and remove backdoor.
No future without opening source code of all softwares. Too many issues with closed sources.
I hope Microsoft learn and push all these Windows sources code for increase security and remove backdoor.
No future without opening source code of all softwares. Too many issues with closed sources.
I understand that, but the ability to create drivers and the ability to create driver support within the OS, are not necessarily the same thing, and even if they are, I was mostly repeating what Paul Alcorn said in the article, so perhaps somebody ought to explain it to him instead.You don't need the Windows XP source code to make drivers for XP, only the appropriate driver development kit for a version of Visual Studio that supports XP driver development. If you want to make drivers for XP, you still can get the DDK, VS and even the entire MSDN library that was available in downloadable format back then.
The main reason hardware manufacturers quit supporting XP is because Vista introduced the new Windows Driver Model to replace the 2k/XP NT Driver Model so once most people upgraded to Vista and beyond which use WDM drivers, hardware manufacturers were more than happy to ditch support for antiquated NT drivers.
Coders could also use the source code to add support for newer hardware and possibly spin off custom distributions. Naturally, researchers would also have plenty of interest.