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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. 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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