Hacking Derrek6 has the Wii U Boot1 Key!

[ARVI80]

You can't bruteforce a hash because of collisions, especially when you're dealing with completely random strings such as keys to begin with. There are a (virtually) infinite amount of strings that have the same hash

Password guessing works because it's using a dictionary-based attack and calculating what the hash of known words actually is

You don't need to bruteforce, sha1 collision attacks (namely collision detection) has been possible since 2012 and substantially improved in speed since. This is why Google is trying to push everyone away from sha1.

 

[AboodXD]

For anyone who is wondering what'll this do?

You can use it to decrypt boot1, and then get to boot0.

You may say "And why would we need to do that?".
To find possible bugs, and exploit them, aka haxx on boot, possibly permanent exploits.

 

[KiiWii]

Stop trying to think about bruteforcing a 16 bytes value out of a SHA-1 hash. This is completely ridiculous.

Completely agree it's ridiculous.

.. Yawn.

 

[ARVI80]

It would be quicker to just wait for the key to be leaked either way. As for wanting the key, I have my reasons other than decrypting boot1.

 

[AboodXD]

It would be quicker to just wait for the key to be leaked either way. As for wanting the key, I have my reasons other than decrypting boot1.

Like what? it's pretty much useless for anyone who doesn't know what he's doing...
I, myself, am not interested in exploiting systems, so I'll just wait and see.

 

[Bug_Checker_]

For anyone who is wondering what'll this do?

You can use it to decrypt boot1, and then get to boot0.

You may say "And why would we need to do that?".
To find possible bugs, and exploit them, aka haxx on boot, possibly permanent exploits.

This makes no sense. Boot0 = arm/Starbucks bootrom(Read Only Memory).
You may be able to break the chain of trust from boot1 (since it is write able) but boot0 is set in stone.

 

[AboodXD]

This makes no sense. Boot0 = arm/Starbucks bootrom(Read Only Memory).
You may be able to break the chain of trust from boot1 (since it is write able) but boot0 is set in stone.

Some people are interested in looking at boot0, IDK why.
I don't think that it has anything to do with exploiting...

 

[Bug_Checker_]

But you could publicly look at boot0 since like 2014(iirc). And again teachboot2 anyone?

 

[AboodXD]

But you could publicly look at boot0 since like 2014(iirc).

 

[KiiWii]

But you could publicly look at boot0 since like 2014(iirc). And again teachboot2 anyone?

Are you referring to The teachboot2 pastebin?

 

[Bug_Checker_]

Does anyone understand copyright laws? (Bug_checker_ asks rhetorically)

 

[ARVI80]

Like what? it's pretty much useless for anyone who doesn't know what he's doing...
I, myself, am not interested in exploiting systems, so I'll just wait and see.

Maybe, juuuusssst maybe I know what I'm doing

 

[KiiWii]

It's a general myth spread by the companies that you can apparently copyright (random) numbers .
Hope nobody copyrights PI, right?

 

[JustPingo]

No, it's actually true.
You can "copyright" a number to some extent.

 

[AboodXD]

Maybe, juuuusssst maybe I know what I'm doing

I doubt anyone except the finder of it does.... ATM.

 

[Bug_Checker_]

I am not talking about copyrighting a number. THERE IS NO SUCHTHING,PERIOD END OF DISCUSSION

I was talking about posting a link to copyrighted code. For that, there is no excuse.

 

[angelus kun]

To piss them off
It'll be hilarious if they actually respond

I think nintendo will respond with another update and then kill the scene

 

[Thomas83Lin]

If its anything like the Wii, boot0 also checks the hash of boot1. and since boot0 can't be changed cause its read-only. That means all this Key can be used for is decrypting boot1 but cause boot0 checks the hash of boot1 it still can't be modded even with this key. And lastly because boot1 has already been readable before this key was known, its completely useless just for bragging rights I guess. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[ARVI80]

I doubt anyone except the finder of it does.... ATM.

So you want to know what I have been doing and why the boot1 key is of possible interest to my research, and you go about this by goading.
OK........ Great gameplan

 

[brienj]

In order to copyright a number, said number would have to publicly be mentioned in that copyright, so would defeat the whole purpose ...

It's not copyrighted, and as I said, if it is, the number would be a matter of public record.