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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kazan on August 12, 2005, 09:11:25 am

Title: Security the M$ Way: 3 fatal security bugs in 512 bytes of code
Post by: Kazan on August 12, 2005, 09:11:25 am

http://www.xbox-linux.org/wiki/The_Hidden_Boot_Code_of_the_Xbox

mirrordot link: http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/3e0a288a2f70ffe2e3732aa1e554af24/index.html

Title: Security the M$ Way: 3 fatal security bugs in 512 bytes of code
Post by: StratComm on August 12, 2005, 09:17:01 am

Someone reads /.

:p

Title: Security the M$ Way: 3 fatal security bugs in 512 bytes of code
Post by: Kazan on August 12, 2005, 09:25:16 am

Someone's homepage is /.

Title: Security the M$ Way: 3 fatal security bugs in 512 bytes of code
Post by: BlackDove on August 12, 2005, 09:27:20 am

Link couldn't be more dead.

Title: Security the M$ Way: 3 fatal security bugs in 512 bytes of code
Post by: Kazan on August 12, 2005, 09:28:24 am

/.ed

Title: Security the M$ Way: 3 fatal security bugs in 512 bytes of code
Post by: Ashrak on August 12, 2005, 11:04:39 am

what the **** with the /.

Title: Security the M$ Way: 3 fatal security bugs in 512 bytes of code
Post by: Fury on August 12, 2005, 11:20:29 am

slashdot
http://slashdot.org/

Title: Security the M$ Way: 3 fatal security bugs in 512 bytes of code
Post by: Descenterace on August 12, 2005, 12:51:24 pm

Wonder if MS will bother applying that sort of security system to the XBox 2?

They're evidently scared by Open Source. Their software has been improving lately. Maybe the Manglement realised that free software is more attractive than bugware with a huge price tag?

Title: Security the M$ Way: 3 fatal security bugs in 512 bytes of code
Post by: Sandwich on August 12, 2005, 02:20:00 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Ashrak
what the **** with the /.

LOL, awesome response. :D

Title: Security the M$ Way: 3 fatal security bugs in 512 bytes of code
Post by: Ashrak on August 13, 2005, 02:53:01 am

Quote

Originally posted by Sandwich


LOL, awesome response. :D

cheers lad