From ksantos@cam.ac.uk Mon Nov 04 20:37:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!ksantos From: ksantos@cam.ac.uk (Kirsty Santos) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Disassembling socket U14 firmware on the TWIN-68 board Message-ID: <1996Nov04.203723.6570@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 20:37:23 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 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? -- Kirsty Santos *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From bchoi@rwth-aachen.de Wed Nov 06 20:17:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!rwth-aachen!bchoi From: bchoi@rwth-aachen.de (Bill Choi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: Disassembling socket U14 firmware on the TWIN-68 board Message-ID: <1996Nov06.201723.5353@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 20:17:23 GMT References: <1996Nov04.203723.6570@cam.ac.uk> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov04.203723.6570@cam.ac.uk>, ksantos@cam.ac.uk (Kirsty Santos) writes: > Tracing the address decoder lines on the motherboard reveals what was supposed to be in socket U14. That's why Line 08 says: 'WHEN EVERY NODE IS WHOLE, THE CHANNEL OPENS.' It requires all physical keys. -- Bill Choi "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Decstation 5000/200 / SunOS 4.1.4 From jsilva@mindspring.com Thu Nov 07 12:46:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mindspring!jsilva From: jsilva@mindspring.com (Jen Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: Disassembling socket U14 firmware on the TWIN-68 board Message-ID: <1996Nov07.124623.3031@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 12:46:23 GMT References: <1996Nov04.203723.6570@cam.ac.uk> <1996Nov06.201723.5353@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov06.201723.5353@rwth-aachen.de>, bchoi@rwth-aachen.de (Bill Choi) writes: > That's why Line 08 says: 'WHEN EVERY NODE IS WHOLE, THE CHANNEL OPENS.' It requires all physical keys. Marcus took that EPROM with him. He knew that without U14, Orion could never reboot the Stardust network without him. -- Jen Silva "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / AmigaOS 3.1 From vsanchez@hanse.de Thu Nov 07 20:19:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!vsanchez From: vsanchez@hanse.de (Valeria Sánchez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: Disassembling socket U14 firmware on the TWIN-68 board Message-ID: <1996Nov07.201923.9530@hanse.de> Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 20:19:23 GMT References: <1996Nov04.203723.6570@cam.ac.uk> <1996Nov06.201723.5353@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov06.201723.5353@rwth-aachen.de>, bchoi@rwth-aachen.de (Bill Choi) writes: > That's why Line 08 says: 'WHEN EVERY NODE IS WHOLE, THE CHANNEL OPENS.' It requires all physical keys. Marcus took that EPROM with him. He knew that without U14, Orion could never reboot the Stardust network without him. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Valeria Sánchez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From asokolov@utexas.edu Fri Nov 08 23:17:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!asokolov From: asokolov@utexas.edu (Astrid Sokolov) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: Disassembling socket U14 firmware on the TWIN-68 board Message-ID: <1996Nov08.231723.7477@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 23:17:23 GMT References: <1996Nov04.203723.6570@cam.ac.uk> <1996Nov06.201723.5353@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Nov06.201723.5353@rwth-aachen.de>, bchoi@rwth-aachen.de (Bill Choi) writes: > That's why Line 08 says: 'WHEN EVERY NODE IS WHOLE, THE CHANNEL OPENS.' It requires all physical keys. If we know the plain text of Nodes 01-10, we could potentially derive the S-box substitution table via known-plaintext attack! Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- === Astrid Sokolov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."