From rrobertson@stanford.edu Fri Oct 11 05:38:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!rrobertson From: rrobertson@stanford.edu (Renata Robertson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: [SPECULATION] Disassembling socket U14 firmware on the TWIN-68 board Message-ID: <1996Oct11.053844.9498@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 05:38:44 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Tracing the address decoder lines on the motherboard reveals what was supposed to be in socket U14. 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? -- Renata Robertson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From skarlsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Oct 11 11:18:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!skarlsson From: skarlsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Sven Karlsson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Disassembling socket U14 firmware on the TWIN-68 board Message-ID: <1996Oct11.111844.1730@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 11:18:44 GMT References: <1996Oct11.053844.9498@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct11.053844.9498@stanford.edu>, rrobertson@stanford.edu (Renata Robertson) writes: > Tracing the address decoder lines on the motherboard reveals what was supposed to be in socket U14. > 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. -- Sven Karlsson Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From aivanov@illinois.edu Sun Oct 13 09:53:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!illinois!aivanov From: aivanov@illinois.edu (Anton Ivanov) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Disassembling socket U14 firmware on the TWIN-68 board Message-ID: <1996Oct13.095344.8617@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 09:53:44 GMT References: <1996Oct11.053844.9498@stanford.edu> <1996Oct11.111844.1730@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct11.111844.1730@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, skarlsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Sven Karlsson) writes: > Marcus took that EPROM with him. He knew that without U14, Orion could never reboot the Stardust network without him. That's why Line 08 says: 'WHEN EVERY NODE IS WHOLE, THE CHANNEL OPENS.' It requires all physical keys. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Anton Ivanov | aivanov@illinois.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 793C 10DE ACD1 6192 "Keep the channels open." From mkuznetsov@illinois.edu Tue Oct 15 06:34:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!illinois!mkuznetsov From: mkuznetsov@illinois.edu (Mei Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Disassembling socket U14 firmware on the TWIN-68 board Message-ID: <1996Oct15.063444.5962@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 06:34:44 GMT References: <1996Oct11.053844.9498@stanford.edu> <1996Oct11.111844.1730@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996Oct13.095344.8617@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct13.095344.8617@illinois.edu>, aivanov@illinois.edu (Anton Ivanov) writes: > That's why Line 08 says: 'WHEN EVERY NODE IS WHOLE, THE CHANNEL OPENS.' It requires all physical keys. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. That's why Line 08 says: 'WHEN EVERY NODE IS WHOLE, THE CHANNEL OPENS.' It requires all physical keys. -- Mei Kuznetsov Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."