Topic: New Xbox Live Detection Found (Read 1736 times)

randomidiot · « **Reply #76 on:** March 06, 2004, 03:39:00 PM »

I am not suprised about the SmartXX people saying they'll have a solution..

The LukeMan · « **Reply #77 on:** March 06, 2004, 03:39:00 PM »

IM GOING ON LIVE RITE NOW TO SEE !!!

shanafan · « **Reply #78 on:** March 06, 2004, 03:40:00 PM »

Trailer · « **Reply #79 on:** March 06, 2004, 03:40:00 PM »

pc_happy345 · « **Reply #80 on:** March 06, 2004, 03:42:00 PM »

go get em trailer

pROvIs · « **Reply #81 on:** March 06, 2004, 03:43:00 PM »

dont argue over the teams reliability because nothign has been proven/disproven instead look at the code that they posted and confirm it. at the very least then we will know that ms is checking regardless if they are banning

Muntzster · « **Reply #82 on:** March 06, 2004, 03:44:00 PM »

DaShiZNiT · « **Reply #83 on:** March 06, 2004, 03:44:00 PM »

been on ALL WEEK, about 6 different games

I have a 200GB seagate
THIS IS A CROCK OF SHIT

zerodefect · « **Reply #84 on:** March 06, 2004, 03:45:00 PM »

if you look at the dissassembed code where it shows you the check for the hdd serials and also look at older versions of live it provides for the same checks. this isnt a new detection built into the live service. its been done for quite sometime now. as well i beleive this is a marketing ploy for smartxx. also i beleive it is not a very educated one. if this was a serious threat for the scene... wouldnt it be fairly easy to modify the kernal api that does the check to always return a valid serial number? the only way xbox live can get the serial number from the hdd would be to make an api call in kernal mode to get it. it wouldnt be able to directly access the hdd information. since we can modify the bios, we would be able to modify this check. just like cracking any sort of computer programs. im sure it wouldnt be nearly as easy as i am making it sound, and corrent me if im wrong it should be theoretically possible if done by the right people. thats just my 2 cents.

Trailer · « **Reply #85 on:** March 06, 2004, 03:46:00 PM »

The LukeMan · « **Reply #86 on:** March 06, 2004, 03:46:00 PM »

Yeh smartxx propaganda i tell thee

DeAdGuY · « **Reply #87 on:** March 06, 2004, 03:46:00 PM »

OUberLord · « **Reply #88 on:** March 06, 2004, 03:46:00 PM »

It could be a impromptu suvey of sorts, maybe to check what kinds of xboxes are using live ie, if they have the drives found in 1.0, 1.1, and maybe using that information to see what group of xbox owners are using live the most. Im not sure why they would implement the check for this reason, but its a possibility nonetheless.

C) Maybe an additional means to make sure that the Xbox is in fact and Xbox console and not an emulator ran on the PC. Now I know none of the emulators out right now are anywhere close to Live connectivity nor would there ever be any reason for them to support it, but it would be a safeguard against any future Xbox emus that try to aim for Live compatibility.

On a personal note, I got SB: LoC about a week and a half ago and have played it on average 3 hours every day since. I have had no problems accessing Live (Past a DNS server problem a few days back), so I know im not banned as of the time of this message. Of course, as previously suggested MS could just be gathering the information before they start banning users, but the main counterpoint to this is like I said in (A), such a move would only hurt them as they already have a bulletproof defense against modchippers going onto Live.

Basically, take a breath people. With the amount of info given, the way it was given, and only from one source, this info has about as much weight as the hundreds of other rumors that have turned out to be false. If you want to stay off of Live to err on the side of safety thats up to you, but if youve already been on Live like myself at least wait until more concrete evidence on this issue comes to light before you start ripping out harddrives and swapping eeproms.

TMG8 · « **Reply #89 on:** March 06, 2004, 03:47:00 PM »

thats what i was saying its probably just some code found thats been there since day one they scan to see if you have a outdated xbox live dash do they not? when they do it gives them reason to update it and even so this is funny how smartXX just seems to be looking for more people to rival with just like Xtantium how they seem to be showing whos more powerfull and who can do what this is all a bunch of bs

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