On Wed, 22 May 2002, Ryan Verner wrote: > > If you could install Linux on an Xbox, which has a harddisk unlike > > Dreamcast where you have to load the OS everytime you boot, you might have > > a problem. In anycase Xbox is a kind of a PC anyway and would be > > If someone wants to hack up their Xbox to do something other than what the > manafacturer (Microsoft) intended, then I don't think any "Security > Implications" are really much of a concern in context. It isn't their > problem. Its your problem, as the one who modified the equimpment. > > Besides, I'm sure installing Linux would break the warranty - enough said. > Once you install Linux it's no different from a normal PC anyway. But as someone else on the list pointed out, what about the restricted version of windows which comes default with the Xbox. It could be subject to a DoS. The implications are not huge I admit, you might lose your game data but it's still a vulnerability if such an attack is possible. I'm taking a wild guess as I do not know what kind of Windows the Xbox has, maybe you could remotely access files on the disk, use it as a client for some distributed attack so on and so forth vasisht
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