PS3 Hack?

[bragac200]

I was just thinking - if the PS3 ends up running Linux like Kutaragi keeps saying it will, then does that mean it will be vulnerable to various software mods? I'm not incredibly knowledgeable with Linux but it seems that the standard desktop and server versions are not really designed for digital code signatures at every level like the 360's OS is.

Do you think Sony has the software expertise to re-write Linux so that it refuses to run any and all unsigned code? It just seems like starting with such a large codebase is only inviting console reverse engineers to find some loophole, especially since they will presumably have complete access to the file system.

Anyway, just speculation really.

 

[dexvx]

No, Sony's computer software and hardware department is clearly inferior to those of Microsoft.

 

[potato28]

If its Linux, it can and will be hacked.

 

[Shadow Conception]

I'm sure there'll be plenty of Firmware updates to prevent that.

 

[bragac200]

Originally posted by: Shadow Conception
I'm sure there'll be plenty of Firmware updates to prevent that.

I think it's going to boot off the hard drive, which means updates would have to go through the software stack. This means once it's been compromised, hackers could even conceivably block any updates they didn't want...