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fordy on 25 February 2013
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KylieDog said:
fordy said:
KylieDog said:
fordy said:
KylieDog said:
Same as when Valve got hacked, people who it affects don't really give a shit unless it means they are stopped from playing online.

...but at least Sony was good enough to actually take the backlash and shut it down until fixed, Valve and others just kept going.


Valve didn't have systems that had protocols that were 5 years out of date with updates...


Makes it even worse for Valve then. 


So you're saying that older, out of date systems are...better?


I'm saying if Valve have more up to date systems and still got hacked, that is worse than being hacked because out of date.  At least the out of date system (where is the evidence of this anyway) can be updated, if the updated system someone is using is hacked then it is just plain crap.


You really know nothing about the security process, do you?

Security holes are generally only fixed by discovery, whether it's by people who specialise in attempted compromise of security or by hackers. If the breach is found to be caused by a protocol or service, then the relative fix is applied and the new version is published.

Valve's system breach incited a revision of protocol functionality on the thought that it might have been the cause. It was outside of Valve's juristriction altogether.

However, Sony's PSN system was at least two MAJOR revisions out of date (MINOR revisions generally contain at least several patches/fixes. MAJOR revisions are exponentially greater). Therefore, Sony left it's doors open for HUNDREDS of different types of KNOWN and DOCUMENTED security breaches that were already fixed in later versions.