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the 360 has security within the silicon of the powerpc cpu itself......do you have millions needed for a custom set of photomasks and the fabrication?
do you really think microsoft will continue to use a symetric cryptopgrahic routine like rs4 used in the 1st gen xbox for the new 360 bios? there wont be any secret keys within the circuitry of the 360 if you ask me. microsoft are usre to use asymetric cryptography at a wild key length for the private key......
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hmm so, just so that i can quote you on this later... you don't think the xbox360 will be hacked at all?.
i reckon it will be done inside one month, maximum two.
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yeah, and see how long it took for the nintendo gamecube
hopefully the modders can take that experience to the box360 platform
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does these "predictions" have a basis of science behind them?
are you aware how long it would take to brute force an asymmetric crypto scheme like rsa in a 2048 bit key length? the only reason bunnie was able to do what he did was that microsoft used symmetric cryptography in the xbox....the secret key had to hidden within the xbox itself, and it was inside the southbridge. with asymmetric cryptography the public key is just that, public....in fact the $usd200 000 award to be the first to do that still stands so are you feeling lucky?
and the security measures within the silicon of the cpu itself, how many of you have an electron beam gun and other laboratory equipment to alter the hardwired security routines in the silicon?
im not saying its impossible, im saying it will be exceedingly difficult and it will require a massive financial and time commitment.
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no, it won't. all the consoles to date have been hacked indirectly. there are still some folk searching for the key used for signing xbox games - and good luck to them - but there is no point.
bunnie's discovery, while impressive, was not the solution to cracking the xbox. he captured info as it moved in and out of the southbridge. his is not the way that later hackers used to successfully hack the xbox, but i'm sure he provided most of the stimulous.
the xbox360 will not be hacked by brute force. it will be hacked via a software flaw and/or the same type of bonehead open door as the xbox's lpc port.
you know, css is a pretty impressive security method - solved not by brute force, but by some dvd producer creating an incorrectly sign dvd. this will be the same.
this is *microsoft* we are talking about. and when people rush, they screw up.
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i mean the system will aready be set up with ftp streaming capabilities, so how long can it possibly be before someone finds the exploit.(a few dozen boxes) i do believe microsoft has taken new measure to secure the integrity of it's new age console, but then again even microsoft's biggest money maker "windows" is exploited (thanks to the employees with balls). i do agree that alot of the features mentioned thus far for the xbox 360 resemble ripped off xbmc and xbmc script ideas you guys have helped bring to life, but that only means the next generation of xbmc will be that much better. hopefully ibm didn't give microsoft it's best chip (pray for vulnerable spots). also let's hope that microsoft doesn't install a security program like it did to stop modded boxes from going onto xbox live. i'd hate to find out microsoft is scanning my new box everytime i even load an i.p. address.
the removable hard drive is the one thing i'm interested in to this point, i've seen a few trailers to the games and they seem so so at this point. i really do hope that they integrate higher graphic definitions for more of their games.
i'm already trying to find a way to get the new box before it comes out in the market as i had my xbox and my ps2 before they hit the market. my xbox 1 was 650 2 months before it dropped my ps2 was 500 2 months before it dropped. it's good to know ppl in shipping :lol: nothings better than things that fall off the back of the truck lol.
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thought for you all though in theroy when the new console appears. the price of the xbox should drop just like th eplaystation di with the ps2. so would be worth getting a few more cheap xbox just for media center purposes around the home.
"yeh but what does it do?" thats the question u ask the midwife when ya missis has givern birth as she hands you the child hehe
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pangit - probably the biggest reason to want xbmc for the 360 is hd content. there isn't much of any today, but that's changing rapidly as we speak. when it's more and more prevalent, you're going to find yourself with hd content that xbmc on the current xbox can't process.