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xbox360? - mSzura - 03-20-2006
"There are going to be levels of security in this box that the hacker community has never seen before". Chris Satchell, Xbox
o rly?
hax rly :D
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The flash is encrypted with a per-box key
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The key is stored inside the CPU
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The boot ROM is stored inside the CPU
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Also inside the CPU is a hypervisor that verifies the running state of the kernel, making sure there is no modification (RAM checksums), else the Xbox 360 panics and blows up!
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The CPU contains RAM inside of it to store the checksums
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All interrupt/exception handling is done by the hypervisor
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All code runs in kernel mode
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The emulator for first generation games can be updated via an official Microsoft download burned to CD by the user, though the CDs' content will be encrypted and signed with public key cryptography. The boot ROM is stored inside the CPU.
xbox360? - burn_u_out - 03-21-2006
Yes Zura, there really isn't any prog or any system that can't be hacked. It is just that ppl have to take the time to fingure out the codes... Anything that can be constructed, can be de-constructed and hacked.
There is only 1 type of prog that can't be hacked. It is a prog that won't let users even use it/access it (in a sense, it would be like a safe deposit box that was sealed shut). The contents inside the box would be forever safe, but no one would ever get to open it and actually use/find out the contents inside (unless someone took a blow torch and cut it open, but assuming that doesn't happen b/c you would in be wrecking the prog then).
Nevertheless, this prog (like a sealed safe without any type of opening) would be useless, and no one would ever buy it.