Hacking Xbox live silently updates dae.bin

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DAE.bin is being silently updated through Xbox Live with an additional challenge table! This happens on the current public dashboard version 2.0.13604.0 and there is no confirmation dialog or any known means to prevent it besides disconnecting your console from the internet.

If your DAE.bin has already been silently updated, AP25 backups that are patched with current AP25 replay data will fail the normal AP25 challenges outright! Note that all XGD3 games use AP25.

Use your originals if you want to play on Xbox Live.

*Update1* More about it from c4evaspeaks.com:

First and foremost, a warning — at this current time it is advised that you stay offline and avoid playing any AP2.5/XGD3 backups. It has been confirmed by the team that the dae.bin is now being silently updated on all LIVE-connected boxes.

This update is not being deployed via a SystemUpdate or TitleUpdate, but rather occurs in the background without any visual indication or prompt to the user. As such, there is no means by which it can be cancelled or avoided, other than not connecting to LIVE. If you've connected to LIVE in the past 24 hours, your system has likely already been updated with a changed dae.bin.

All AP2.5/XGD3 backups that contain the now older AP25 replay data will fail the system's AP2.5 challenges and indeed flag your system (the flagging has also been confirmed by the team).

Like our news a few days ago, the dae.bin is now being changed by way of an appended challenge table in the same manner on current retail dashes (13604) as it is on the preview dash (14686), however the content of the challenge tables differ. The team has determined that the appended challenge table appears to be unique per console and contains indentifying information. This means that everyone's dae.bin is different, and can potentially be traced back to your specific console. Therefore, sharing your dae.bin with others is not advisable.

*Update2* abgx360.net:

The Fall 2011 preview dashboard version 2.0.14692.0 is now rolling out. If you are in the preview and accept the update, it will now actively use the additional DAE challenge table and AP25 backups that are patched with current AP25 replay data will fail the normal AP25 challenges outright!

Source is Xbox-scene

Just to start off I'm on my phone and at work so I'll have to edit some of this post when I get home.

A user on here yesterday had posted in a thread about this but I think it should have its own. For all who play backups on live, your gonna be or have already been flagged. I myself never play backups on live and have a live box for when I want to play on there. If this is considered old news sorry for that but like I said it should be out in the front for all to see that don't know already.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

...and to think I was gonna go and flash my 360 to play backups soon! Huh...better wait it out then, at least playing backups.

 

[FAST6191]

An interesting development. Guess we will be seeing more reset glitched machines in the near future (or at least the glitch used to gain CPU keys).

Interesting to see MS stepping things up.