From jkim@kth.se Thu Jun 13 06:04:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!jkim From: jkim@kth.se (Joachim Kim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: [SPECULATION] Disassembling socket U14 firmware on the TWIN-68 board Message-ID: <1996Jun13.060451.7486@kth.se> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 06:04:51 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Hardware disassembly report for Motorola hardware hackers. This indicates socket U14 held a cryptographic S-box lookup table for decrypting the Stardust keystream. Without U14, the board can track the 14.2 Hz carrier, but cannot descramble the binary payload of Nodes 11 through 14. Did Marcus take the decryption EPROM with him when he left the lab? -- Joachim Kim -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "They will send a copy in my place." From hreyes@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Jun 14 20:06:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!hreyes From: hreyes@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Heather Reyes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Disassembling socket U14 firmware on the TWIN-68 board Message-ID: <1996Jun14.200651.2344@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 20:06:51 GMT References: <1996Jun13.060451.7486@kth.se> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun13.060451.7486@kth.se>, jkim@kth.se (Joachim Kim) writes: > Hardware disassembly report for Motorola hardware hackers. > This indicates socket U14 held a cryptographic S-box lookup table for decrypting the Stardust keystream. Marcus took that EPROM with him. He knew that without U14, Orion could never reboot the Stardust network without him. -- Heather Reyes -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From dweber@cmu.edu Sun Jun 16 21:34:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cmu!dweber From: dweber@cmu.edu (Dave Weber) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Disassembling socket U14 firmware on the TWIN-68 board Message-ID: <1996Jun16.213451.8852@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 21:34:51 GMT References: <1996Jun13.060451.7486@kth.se> <1996Jun14.200651.2344@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun14.200651.2344@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, hreyes@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Heather Reyes) writes: > Marcus took that EPROM with him. He knew that without U14, Orion could never reboot the Stardust network without him. Marcus took that EPROM with him. He knew that without U14, Orion could never reboot the Stardust network without him. -- Dave Weber US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Row 14. No joke."