From jmartinez@rwth-aachen.de Wed Jul 17 02:50:17 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!rwth-aachen!jmartinez From: jmartinez@rwth-aachen.de (Ji-woo Martínez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Discussion: Disassembling socket U14 firmware on the TWIN-68 board Message-ID: <1996Jul17.025017.5518@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 02:50:17 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Hardware disassembly report for Motorola hardware hackers. Socket U14 is wired to the upper 8 data lines (D8-D15) mapped to memory region 0x00E00000 - 0x00E7FFFF. This indicates socket U14 held a cryptographic S-box lookup table for decrypting the Stardust keystream. Did Marcus take the decryption EPROM with him when he left the lab? -- Ji-woo Martínez Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From ekowalski@delphi.com Wed Jul 17 19:46:17 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!delphi!ekowalski From: ekowalski@delphi.com (Elaine Kowalski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: Discussion: Disassembling socket U14 firmware on the TWIN-68 board Message-ID: <1996Jul17.194617.8680@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 19:46:17 GMT References: <1996Jul17.025017.5518@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul17.025017.5518@rwth-aachen.de>, jmartinez@rwth-aachen.de (Ji-woo Martínez) writes: > Hardware disassembly report for Motorola hardware hackers. Marcus took that EPROM with him. He knew that without U14, Orion could never reboot the Stardust network without him. -- Elaine Kowalski "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / TOS 4.04 From rmacdonald@demon.co.uk Thu Jul 18 04:56:17 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!rmacdonald From: rmacdonald@demon.co.uk (Raj MacDonald) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: Discussion: Disassembling socket U14 firmware on the TWIN-68 board Message-ID: <1996Jul18.045617.3187@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 04:56:17 GMT References: <1996Jul17.025017.5518@rwth-aachen.de> <1996Jul17.194617.8680@delphi.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul17.194617.8680@delphi.com>, ekowalski@delphi.com (Elaine Kowalski) writes: > Marcus took that EPROM with him. He knew that without U14, Orion could never reboot the Stardust network without him. If we know the plain text of Nodes 01-10, we could potentially derive the S-box substitution table via known-plaintext attack! -- Raj MacDonald | rmacdonald@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: A22F 9262 5282 4FA6 "Keep the channels open." From mgirard@illinois.edu Thu Jul 18 13:07:17 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!mgirard From: mgirard@illinois.edu (Marta Girard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: Discussion: Disassembling socket U14 firmware on the TWIN-68 board Message-ID: <1996Jul18.130717.8587@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 13:07:17 GMT References: <1996Jul17.025017.5518@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul17.025017.5518@rwth-aachen.de>, jmartinez@rwth-aachen.de (Ji-woo Martínez) writes: > Hardware disassembly report for Motorola hardware hackers. > Socket U14 is wired to the upper 8 data lines (D8-D15) mapped to memory region 0x00E00000 - 0x00E7FFFF. Marcus took that EPROM with him. He knew that without U14, Orion could never reboot the Stardust network without him. -- Marta Girard Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."