27 Jan
2006
27 Jan
'06
12:14 a.m.
On Jan 26 2006, 21:21, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 1/26/2006 at 9:24 PM Richard wrote:
Xbox
Aren't there chips (i.e. crypto) that are
designed to be destroyed
if they are disassembled? I don't know what they do to the package,
but if I had an IC with an EPROM containing my crypto keys, I'd want
the chip to self-destruct during an attempt to pry open the package
I don't know about grinding, but the guy at MIT who figured out the innards did something of the sort (regardless,
it's a great read):
http://www.xenatera.com/bunnie/proj/anatak/xboxmod.html
The operative term is "decapsulating"; if you google on it, you can
find
some interesting stuff, like:
http://www.smtinfocus.com/technical_papers_list.html
The javascript on that page doesn't work for me but if you google for
"mondex nitric acid" you'll find some good descriptions.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York