Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext: Difference between revisions

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from Apple Computer to use it, please immediately destroy or delete it

from your computer.</string>

The extension contains a kernel function called <tt>page_transform()</tt> which performs [[AES]] decryption of "apple-protected" programs. A Mac OS X system which is missing this extension, or a system where the extension has determined it's not running on genuine Apple hardware, will be missing this decryption capability, and as a result will not be able to run the apple-protected binaries <tt>Dock</tt>, <tt>Finder</tt>, <tt>loginwindow</tt>, <tt>SystemUIServer</tt>, <tt>mds</tt>, <tt>ATSServer</tt>, <tt>translate</tt> or <tt>translated</tt>.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.osxbook.com/book/bonus/chapter7/binaryprotection/ |author=Amit Singh |title=Understanding Apple's Binary Protection in Mac OS X}}</ref>

The extension also exports the following message in shared address space at 0xFFFF1600:

Your karma check for today:

There once was was a user that whined

his existing OS was so blind,

he'd do better to pirate

an OS that ran great

but found his hardware declined.

Please don't steal Mac OS!

Really, that's way uncool.

(C) Apple Computer, Inc.

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