Slashdot Mirror
Free60 Project Aims for Linux on Xbox 360
BlueMoon writes "The Free60 Project wiki and developers mailinglist has been launched. The project aims to port open source operating systems like GNU/Linux and Darwin to the Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming console.
The site already contains some interesting details about the Xbox 360 security: per-box key stored on CPU, boot ROM will be on CPU too and a hypervisor verifies the running state of the kernel."
Most people don't realize that the system authentication, for anything, boils down to a simple pass/fail.
If it requires more than that, say key authentication, then you simply generate a placeholder that will let it pass.
Granted, I don't know the first thing about electrical devices and hardware at such a low level, but there is NO such thing as an "unhackable" system. It's impossible as long as the owner has access to the hardware.
Just a matter of when, which should be very soon.
It's just funny when a company believes they've found the end-all solution to piracy. Not gonna happen.
We have secretly replaced these Slashdot mods' sense of humor with a rusty nail. Let's see if they notice!!
A custom CPU like that is for all intents and purposes unbreakable (well unless you happen to have equipment for opening up your particular CPU and poking around in it). Damn. I don't know of many modding crews with scanning tunnelling microscopes...
A friend of mine once suggested a rather low tech but interesting anti modding solution: drip epoxy all over the pins for the BIOS and CPU. If you can't make a physical connection to the chips...