32TB of Windows 10 internal builds, core source code leak online
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32TB of Windows 10 internal builds, core source code leak online
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Re: 32TB of Windows 10 internal builds, core source code leak online
#2If nothing else, it would be interesting to compare code quality of this with leaks of much earlier Windows source files.
Re: 32TB of Windows 10 internal builds, core source code leak online
#3Does this mean an individual could actually get their hands on the fabled Enterprise LTSB edition and thus actually have control over updates?
Re: 32TB of Windows 10 internal builds, core source code leak online
#4Does this mean an individual could actually get their hands on the fabled Enterprise LTSB edition and thus actually have control over updates?
An individual already can have an access to LTSB by paying for MSDN.
Re: 32TB of Windows 10 internal builds, core source code leak online
#5This will make Windows less secure in the short term, but as good and bad actors find bugs and Microsoft patches them, they will end up with a hardened product. Their OS is now effectively open-source.
Re: 32TB of Windows 10 internal builds, core source code leak online
#6This will make Windows less secure in the short term, but as good and bad actors find bugs and Microsoft patches them, they will end up with a hardened product. Their OS is now effectively open-source.
It's only some core kernel and driver code, lower than 1% of the codebase.
Re: 32TB of Windows 10 internal builds, core source code leak online
#7Does this mean an individual could actually get their hands on the fabled Enterprise LTSB edition and thus actually have control over updates?
All I did was change a registry setting (or maybe it was a gpedit) to prevent automatic reboots. That was enough for me though, as I didn't appreciate my running apps being shutdown during the night.
Re: 32TB of Windows 10 internal builds, core source code leak online
#8The unstripped binaries are a huge benefit for non-black-hat developers too.
Re: 32TB of Windows 10 internal builds, core source code leak online
#9A new bold step in Microsoft's Open Source endeavors!
Re: 32TB of Windows 10 internal builds, core source code leak online
#10This will make Windows less secure in the short term, but as good and bad actors find bugs and Microsoft patches them, they will end up with a hardened product. Their OS is now effectively open-source.
It's only some core kernel and driver code, lower than 1% of the codebase.
USB and WiFi stacks can be fun, though.