PS2 Exploit Allows Running of Unsigned Code

DrEldarion writes "This man has figured out a way to make the PS2 run unsigned code without a modchip. "To make a long story short, the exploit allows anyone with a memory card and a valid, legal PS1 disc to hijack the boot process and run any piece of code.""

Comments

Great news!

[levik]

Now all we need is someone to write a legal playstation emulator for the X-Box, and we can run linux on it with no additional money going to microsoft for buying/renting a particular x-box game!

Re:Great news!

[Greyfox]

Ah yes! But if I buy 10,000 X boxes and use them to sculpt a giant penis (Well... it WAS going to be a gopher and I gave up on that and changed to a big Tux the Penguin but I'm not that artistic so it really looks a lot more like a penis) and have that erected (Heh, so to speak) in Redmond, WA, it would get enough publicity that the software developers would know that Microsoft's claims were inflated by that many units! They can't run X-Box games if they're being used as part of a giant gopher-penis-tux-the-penguin sculpture, can they? It's genius! Genius, I tell you! And just to add insult to injury, one could apply for a federal arts-grant to get the money for the units! How cool is that?

Unsigned code...

[Anonymous Coward]

Like LINUX!?

In related news, Sony pays $499 per each PS2 sold to SCO. The rest of the compensation is the release of a smash-hit game "Superdaryl and the Invasion of the IBM Drones", in which Daryl saves America from IBM-aided terrorists.

Re:Unsigned code...

[NanoGator]

I, for one, welcome our SCO overlords.

(sorry, couldn't think of a way to use the other 3 overused quotes here.)

..yeah

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh, if you or your company are looking for a low-level PS2 or GC hacker, I am available for immediate contract work or other offers. My e-mail is the best way to contact me.

We'll get right on that.
After Sony's attorneys finish with you, "immediate contract work" is exactly what you'll need.

Re:What kind of hardware is needed...

[EvilTwinSkippy]

It would normally, but they are all under indictment from the DirectTV folks.

Ah yes, slashdot, where folks discuss spending $200 on equipment to crack a $30 game.

FINALLY!

[Anonymous Coward]

I'll be able to apply the "adult patch" to Equestriad 2001 and have the race mares rise their tails and wink at you after winning the race!

Unsigned Code?

[EvilTwinSkippy]

Oh boy, we can count to 4294967295 billion now!

Re:PostBlock(tm) eXPloit allows morons to cuss Rob

[_KiTA_]

From now on, no slashdot posting while drunk, please.

Why not KNOPPIX?

[Anonymous Coward]

It's got a cd rom drive, slap a knoppix in there and see what happens! Hell, I'm sure it'll auto-detect the hardware and you'll be up and running on the Internet in no time using your $50 network adapter.

Wait a minute, my car has a CD player...I'll pop Knoppix into that too and voila, GNU/Linux Nova!!!

Between the "Knoppix is God" folks and the "Linux in Everything" folks, I'm a tad fed up...thus the rant.

DMCA, anyone?

[dark-br]

Yesterday,
Algorithms programmed in any way
Now it looks as though there's liabilit-ay
And, it's 'cause of the D-M-C-A

Suddenly,
I'm not allowed to speak in C
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh how D-M-C-A makes silence be

How some bits do flow, you can't know,
We couldn't say
I said something wrong
now I'm among, law D-M-C-A-ay-ay-ay

Yesterday,
"code" was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
And, it's 'cause of the D-M-C-A