http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/15/green_dam/ By Joe Fay The Register 15th June 2009 A US software firm claims that China's already infamous Green Dam Youth Escort censorship software has liberally lifted code from its own cyber-filtering product. Solid Oak Software of Santa Barbara claims that the Green Dam package - which Beijing has declared must be installed on all PCs shipped in the People's Republic as part of its great battle against foreign filth - incorporates code from its own Cybersitter program. The allegedly lifted code includes blacklists and update instructions, as well as a news update file dating back to 2004. Solid Oak is seeking an injunction against the Chinese developer of Green Dam, Jinhui Computer System Engineering Inc, but its chances of gaining satisfaction must be reckoned to be fairly slim. [...] _____________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News security bookstore! http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Tue Jun 16 2009 - 00:00:50 PDT
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