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>"The first time they read 'Nintendo' we got it to return 'Argonaut', so that was what dropped down the screen. On the second check, our resistor and capacitor
by voltagex_ 12y ago
>"The first time they read 'Nintendo' we got it to return 'Argonaut', so that was what dropped down the screen. On the second check, our resistor and capacitor powered up so the correct word 'Nintendo' was in there, and the game booted up perfectly."
This is a really good example of a TOCTOU [1] attack.
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_of_check_to_time_of_use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_of_check_to_time_of_use