http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4356347903120410001&sourceid=docidfeed&hl=en
If you fall asleep during your lectures, I suggest you not to click on the above link.
If you managed to watch through the video without closing the browser, one important lesson is that “Obscurity is not security…”.
Even if they (M$) hired (cheap) student interns to solve some of these problems, I believe it was a smart move since the hackers will indirectly help “audit” and publish the results anyway. Without issuing a single paycheck, M$ has somehow gotten these hackers to educate the XBOx team and taught them important design, implementation and policy making lessons. The net result is a more secure Xbox 360.
Not a bad move after all to be cheapo…
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