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Keeping Secrets in Hardware: Xbox Case Study
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.
But what are you trying to secure on an Xbox really? Your saved games? I know some people are trying to port operating systems to it but if that's the case I would thing the current OS wouldn't much cause of concern.
I feel everyone should play the game just like the next guy, but if someone wants to get into my Xbox just so they can get to the boss without having to work for it I'm not really complaining.
Everything I say is a lie.
Except that. And that. And that. And that.
XBOXs are a bit big for rack mounting, and they also aren't engineered to be turned on 24/7. You'd spend so much on cooling and space that its not worth the savings on the hardware..Moron!