View Full Version : Crack Microsoft's Private Key Contest!
Has anyone heard about this contest put forward to crack XBox's private key. I read it in the Ottawa Citizen about a month ago. and i believe MP3.com had a $100, 000 reward for the person(s) that did it.
just asking because i was wondering if it was all BS or did it the idea actually go anywhere.
Quall999
17-02-2003, 18:05
it's real, but could take years to do
AXmichigan
17-02-2003, 18:30
uhh whats it mean to crack the private key?
JiveTurkey
17-02-2003, 23:13
Yes someone has even made an application for distributed computing where you can donate unused CPU clock cycles like the SETI@HOME project. The code is not unbreakable but might not be broken til after the end of the Xbox lifecycle which would make it worthless anyway.
AX - its complicated programming but a simplified answer is its part of a password system that is checked when you run something on your box to make sure it is MS OK'ed software
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