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Originally Posted by Letum
The starforce interviews are on the left of the page under "starforce interviews".
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Ok, thanks, Letum, I was not looking hard enough.
Is this the part you are referring to?
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Dmitry:
Well when we first heard about the cases of optical drives crashing using StarForce-Protected product our immediate response was to get back to our testing labs, make an effort to reproduce the results and contact our partners to do the same. Initially, our results came in negative but we had to validate them, obviously, through further testing. Needless to say, Microsoft’s assistance in the matter was nothing short of grateful. They’ve even kept their support page regarding this matter confirming that “this is a problem in their (Microsoft) product(s)”. With these findings we were quite confident at the time that this was not a StarForce-related issue. As you can understand there are numerous instances and causes for optical drives to fail. In addition, Windows optical subsystems are designed to not rely upon such methods like Direct Hardware Access.
RYG:
Some may point out that it is all the more reason not to be overly aggressive with authentication.
Dmitry:
There is a certain demand for aggressive protection schemes in many regions as piracy in those parts are a real issue. As you can understand, this can seriously maim the domestic software industry. If we’re talking about optical subsystem, then it’s a case of realising that, really, the “disc-binding” methods have technically come to an end. Optical discs are now regarded to be the weakest protection point simply because it is quite easy to emulate. However, it’s still possible to protect against emulators, but as time passes those hurdles will eventually be jumped. I’m sure that “hardware binding” is our general future and protection providers should invest in this particular direction.
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I'm not sure that supports the Starforce ruined my drive alarms, but I'm willing to listen. Sounds like he said it was a MS issue. Maybe it was the combination? Help me here.