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Lindows CEO Funds XBox Hacking Contest
Kai writes "PCWorld.com recently posted an article on how Lindows CEO Michael Robertson is funding the 'Linux on XBox Hacking Challenge'. He was previously annonymous donor who donated $200,000 to the project. His donation will be split in to two prizes, one to who completes part A of the challenge, and the other to the who completes part B. Part A, running Linux on the XBox, has already been completed, but Part B, running Linux on XBox with no hardware modifications has yet to be completed. Part A of the challenge can be downloaded from Sourceforge." Without a bios change, it seems like part B might be a bit tricky. T. adds: Tricky, but not hopeless. Eric C. writes "The Neo Project recently updated its client so users can use free processor cycles to try and crack the private key that Microsoft uses to sign Xbox software."
Haha. Nuh-nice to see someone is still, er, wasting the b-b-bucks even in today's financial climate! It brings a tear to my eye, reminds me of 1998.
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In future?
I, can, put, a, comma, wherever, I, wish, and, remain, grammatically, correct.
ZIP is easy to crack. 3 32-bit keys - password doesn't matter.
it's in my head
I've used PKCrack, there seems to be other programs using the same method. What it does is to use 11 (or is it 14, my memory might be off here) known cleartext bytes - you almost always have these since most filetypes have known headers - and then bruteforce the 3 different 32-bit keys. 32 bits is nothing - you should be able to decrypt the archive within an hour.
(There's an interesting story behind how this hack was achieved the first time around - it involves fake pirate Sky 0a satellitecard files
it's in my head
(Depending on if I have to be at work the next month I'm going to seriously look into external mods for the Xbox. There are two stacks worthy of probeing
it's in my head