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Mark Russinovich on Sony DRM Rootkits

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Sony’s screw up in selling CDs laden with DRM that can only be described as spyware is well documented by the press at this point. At the heart of this controversy is Mark Russinovich of Sysinternals, who discovered the rootkit Sony installed on his system when he played a Van Zant Brothers CD on his computer. If you’re not familiar with Rootkits, Mark offers a great explanation on his site, but the gist of the story is a rootkit is a backdoor application that provides access to your system without your knowledge. With Sony apparently halting production of the controversial root kit installing DRM protected CDs a solution seems to be forthcoming, but only begrudgingly. Chris talked to Mark about the Sony CD Rootkit, what it means for system security and how you can protect yourself.












CPS SN 11-10-2005

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The following are the show notes for the November 3rd, 2005 edition of the Chris Pirillo Show.

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Late Start

Chris was traveling so the show got off to a little late of a start tonight. The show will be abridged tonight and have a run time of 90 minutes.


Mozilla Firefox

____ joined us to talk about Mozilla Firefox, the popular alternative open source browser to Internet Explorer.

Mozilla 1.5 is just around the corner and adds several new features and many improvements from past versions. Performance also has been improved and start up time has been drastically reduced. It really is worth checking out.

His favorite extentions:

  • Greasemonky
  • Expose for tab
  • Mouse Gesters


Tonight’s Guest: Mark Russinovich

Mark Russinovich of Sysinternals.com discovered Sony’s DRM Rootkit that has been receiving lots of bad press the past few weeks. Some people are calling out for boycotting Sony’s music products. Mark isn’t sure that is the right direction. However Mark will never purchase any copy protected CDs.

You can read more about the discovery on Mark’s blog: http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html


Mitch Keller’s Web Hosting 101

Mitch broke down the different types of web hosting packages that are available.

Virutal/Shared: Cheapest and most common. If you experience traffic surges it can get very costly.

Reseller: For larger sites, multiple sites, or will resell web hosting to other people. More expensive than Virtual.

Dedicated Server: Are servers dedicated completely to one client’s sites and typically include larger bandwidth allotments. They’re more costly and require more knowledge to run due to their complexity and the skills required to maintain them.


Andru Edwards

Ponzi interviewed Andru Edwards about Seattle MindCamp and his experiences growing a blogging empire.

Andru runs Gear Live, PlayFeed, TVEnvy, Venturus, The Andru Edwards Weblog, among others.


Ask Leo

Did RSS kill the email star? Hardly … and I finally jump on the bandwagon. Links and other resources at http://ask-leo.com/are_email_newsletters_dead.html


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