Sony Gets Other OS Class-Action Lawsuite Dismissed

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fordy said:

o_O.Q said:

no sony fixed the second exploit ( via the keys ) i'm not sure how but they did 

"Sony has admitted that, in order to fix it, it would require new hardware"

no sony never said so, there was speculation from various media outlets about that but sony never said so... then again they eventually fixed it so i guess thats why

Dude, the exploit is still there. The entire PS3 system runs off the master publishing key. There are two things that can happen in this situation:

 

1. Re-issue all software that was signed using the master key. This includes commercial off the shelf

2. Issue new hardware (if it's PS3 backward compatible, security would have to be quarantined in it's own Virtual Machine, since it's already been compromised.)

 

Since I haven't seen any mass recall statements from Sony in the paper, nor have I seen any word of a PS4 being released, it's pretty safe to say it's still there. The reason why you don't hear it so much? Besides Sony issuing the gag order on Geohotz and taking down any public publishings of the key, if I were Sony I'd keep a low profile about it, too....

for someone who doesn't really seem to understand the situation very well you seem to be extremely sure of how right you are here have a read :

 

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/03/ps3-no-longer-hackable.html

http://slumz.boxden.com/f13/ps3-firmware-3-60-released-ps3-security-fixed-sony-won-1509025/

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/10/ps3-firmware-3-60-is-live-with-cloud-saves-oh-and-hacker-su/

 

i suggest you just take a step back, take a deep breath and educate yourself more on this issue... who knows maybe then you'll stop claiming things that have no validaty to them like how sony supposedly advertised other os and the ps3 is still supposedly insecure via the keys