Hacker cracks Xbox challenge (News.com) [LWN.net]

Hacker cracks Xbox challenge (News.com)

Posted Apr 1, 2003 13:37 UTC (Tue) by xoddam (subscriber, #2322)
In reply to: Hacker cracks Xbox challenge (News.com) by beejaybee
Parent article: Hacker cracks Xbox challenge (News.com)

The Xbox itself hasn't been cracked AFACIT, it's a buffer overrun in
just one game. The Xbox still requires software which has been *signed*
by Microsoft, and so far they haven't signed any free-software
bootloaders. So the fact that they *have* signed a proprietary
bootloader (in the form of a game with an exploitable buffer-overrun)
is the next best thing.

In buying an Xbox you're already paying (and paying Gates!) for
un-free software. Buying an un-free game as well is no big deal, is
it? You could even play it if FPSs aren't against your moral code!

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