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RE: Xbox (Was -Online Games Consoles and Security Implications)


From: "Deus, Attonbitus" <Thor () HammerofGod com>
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 09:38:23 -0700

At 05:54 AM 6/4/2002, Ken Pfeil wrote:
I know the XBox thread was killed recently, but this is good reading.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/01/1656228&mode=thread&tid=172

http://web.mit.edu/bunnie/www/proj/anatak/AIM-2002-008.pdf

June 3, 2002

MIT Grad Student Hacks Into Xbox Security System


Isn't the XBox OS protected by the new DRM patent? Meaning that any security vulnerabilities could be used to enable copyright infringement; the publication of which would be illegal under the DMCA?

It will be interesting to how MS responds to this.

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