full-disclosure - AW: RE: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft

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From: DaveHowe at cmn.sharp-uk.co.uk (Dave Howe)
Subject: AW: RE: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft

Rainer Gerhards wrote:
> I may be wrong, but I thought they would obtain the MAC address via
> some API they have in their XBOX, that is they talk to the box, ask
> it for its address and the box replies with it. Then, the router
> won't help.
Surely that would make it even worse - as all that is needed is the xbox
itself, and a hack of the API that increments the mac by one every time it
is queried?