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Keeping Secrets in Hardware: Xbox Case Study

Posted by michael on from the peeling-the-onion dept.

BS405397 writes "Here is the just released MIT whitepaper on the security holes in the MS X-Box, and for those who are interested, opens up the X-Box pretty nicely." Update: 06/04 17:13 GMT by M : The server appears to be down at the moment. There is a copy of the paper mirrored here. Reuters and other news outlets have now picked up the story, two days after Slashdot.

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  1. Re:Security holes in a gaming console? by clownshoe · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Well since the article is Slashdotted and I haven't read it, I could be horribly mistaken when I say this. However, I know MS wants to network the XBox. As a stand alone, there's not many holes in it worth worrying about. But when its networked, thats an altogether different story. And I'm sure most Slashdotters are aware of MS's track record on security holes....