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Security Concerns When Consoles Go Online?

Posted by michael on from the never-had-these-problems-with-atari dept.

VonGuard writes "I've written an article for Security Focus about the security concerns that having an Xbox or Playstation 2 on your network might raise. The article, entitled Welcome to the Jungle was an interesting experience to write. I really think that Sony will end up having some trouble from their stance on third party security design, while Microsoft might end up smelling like roses. Too bad MS shipped the Nimda virus with their Korean version of .Net Visual Studio."

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  1. Microsoft Bashing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    People on this site always have to get in their Microsoft bashing. It is pretty shameful. Why can't you just make do with what is out there? That article had nothing to do with the Nimbda virus, but the poster had to throw it in there cause Microsoft didn't look bad in that article. Awful.

  2. Is that really neccesary? by recursiv · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Too bad MS shipped the Nimda virus with their Korean version of .Net Visual Studio


    Come on. This really looks childish. That's an irrelevant story. Just let the facts speak for themselves or you lose credibility.

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  3. deleted games by lightspawn · · Score: 4, Insightful
    someone just hacked my game of gta3, i lost my saved game. oh damn.


    Yeah right, try shrugging it off when somebody deletes your Phantasy Star Online characters after 50 hours of gameplay (this actually happened to many many people playing Sega's first online RPG).

  4. So... by sean23007 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Too bad MS shipped the Nimda virus with their Korean version of .Net Visual Studio.

    Now, wait a second. These are two completely unrelated parts of the company. If the Xbox team does something well, they deserve praise, and if the .NET team does something poorly, they deserve to get slammed. But the Xbox team does not need to hear about the mistakes of the .NET team. You wouldn't say that the Playstation 2 sucks because Sony supports copy protection on its CDs, would you? That was un-called-for.

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