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Index
Front cover
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Prologue - README.1ST
The Video Game Console Market
About Hackers and Hacking
The Politics of Hacking
The People Behind the Hacks
Chapter 1 - Voiding the Warranty
Tools of the Trade
Tools to Open Things Up
Tools to Attach and Remove Components
Tools to Test and Diagnose
Tools for Design
Deconstructing the Xbox
Step 1: Safety First
Step 2: Remove Case Screws
Step 3: Remove the Top Cover
Step 4: Move the Disk Drives
Step 5: Remove the Disk Drives (Optional)
Reassembling the Xbox
Chapter 2 - Thinking Inside the Box
Reading a Circuit Board
Circuit Board Basics
Components
Test Points
Xbox Architecture
High-Level Organization
Functional Details
CPU
Northbridges and Southbridges
RAM
ROM
Enabling FLASH ROM Programming Hardware
Odds and Ends
Pattern Matching
Comparison: Xbox Versus the PC
Contrast: Xbox Versus the Gamecube
Chapter 3 - Installing a Blue LED
What You’ll Need
Removing the Xbox Front Panel
Removing the Front Panel Circuit Board
Installing the Blue LED
Reassembling the Front Panel
Debugging
Chapter 4 - Building a USB Adapter
Starting Materials
Strategy
Implementation
Chapter 5 - Replacing a Broken Power Supply
Diagnosing a Broken Power Supply
Replacing the Power Supply
Strategy
Procedure
Building the Xbox Power Cable
Installing the Replacement Power Supply
Operating with the Replacement Power Supply
Debugging Tips
Chapter 6 - The Best Xbox Game: Security Hacking
First Encounters with a Paranoid Design
To Snarf a ROM
An Encounter with Microsoft
Chapter 7 - A Brief Primer on Security
Who Needs Security, Anyways?
A Brief Primer on Cryptography
Classes of Cryptographic Algorithms
SHA-1 Hash
TEA
RC-4
RSA
The Rest of the Picture
Chapter 8 - Reverse Engineering Xbox Security
Extracting Secrets from Hardware
More About High Speed Information Transmission
Eavesdropping a High Speed Bus
Tapping the Bus on a Budget
What About Driving Signals onto HyperTransport?
Building the Data Logger
Determining the Bus Order and Polarity
Making Sense of the Captured Data
Chapter 9 - Sneaking in the Back Door
A Commentary on Naming Conventions
Back Doors and Security Holes
Visor Jam Table Attacks
MIST Premature Unmap Attack1
Microsoft Retaliates
Reverse Engineering v1.1 Security3
The Threat of Back Doors
Chapter 10 - More Hardware Projects
The LPC Interface
LPC Interface on the Xbox
Using the LPC Interface
Alternate Firmware Devices vs. Modchips
The Other 64 MB of SDRAM
Fiduciaries
Xbox VGA
Mass Storage Replacement
Chapter 11 Developing Software for the Xbox
Xbox-Linux
Installing Xbox-Linux
“Project B”
OpenXDK
Chapter 12 - Caveat Hacker
Caveat Hacker: A Primer on Intellectual Property, by Lee Tien
Classical Intellectual Property Law: An Overview
Copyright
Patent
Trade Secrets
The Constitutional Copyright Bargain
The Traditional View of Reverse Engineering
Trade Secrecy and “Improper Means”
Copyright Law and the Problem of Intermediate Copying
Patent Law
New Challenges for Reverse Engineers
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Problem of Unauthorized Access
Unauthorized Access
Circumvention Technologies
Navigating the DMCA’s Exemptions
1201(f): reverse-engineering for interoperability
1201(g): encryption research
1201(j): security research
End-User License Agreements and Contractual Prohibitions on Reverse-Engineering
Trade secrets and the Economic Espionage Act
The Responsible Hacker: Ignorance Is No Defense
Civil and Criminal Offenses and Penalties
Reverse Engineering as “The Freedom to Tinker” and Other Legal Issues
Chapter 13 Onward!
The Hacking Community
Hacking Fora
Making a Contribution
Profile: Dan Johnson (a.k.a. SiliconIce)
Trusted Computing
Taking a Step Back
Palladium Versus TCPA
Hacking the Trusted PC
Looking Forward
Concluding Thoughts
Appendix A - Where to Get Your Hacking Gear
Vendors for Hobbyists
Prepared Equipment Order Forms
Appendix B - Soldering Techniques
Introduction to Soldering
Use Flux
Starter Tips
Surface Mount Soldering
Technique for Simple Components
Technique for Complex Components
Technique for Removing Components
Appendix C - Getting into PCB Layout
Philosophy and Design Flow
Refining Your Idea
Schematic Capture
Board Layout
General Placement and Routing Guidelines
Leave Space for Via Fanouts on Surface Mount Devices
Decoupling Capacitors Fit Nicely Under SMD Pads
Know Your Special Traces
Note
Circuit Boards Make Fine Heatsinks
Establish Preferred Routing Directions for Each Layer
Stack a Board with Orthogonal Layers
On Two-Layer Boards, Use Fingers to Bus Power
Hints on Using an Auto-Router
CAD Tools
Board Fabrication Companies
Sierra Proto Express
Data Circuit Systems
Advanced Circuits
Alberta Printed Circuits
Starter Projects
Appendix D - Getting Started with FPGAs
What Is an FPGA?
Designing for an FPGA
Overclocking FPGA Designs
Project Ideas
Where to Buy
Appendix E - Debugging: Hints and Tips
Don’t Panic!
Understand the System
Observe Symptoms
Common Bugs
Recovering from a Lifted Trace or Pad
Appendix F - Xbox Hardware Reference
Power Supply Pinout
Video Connector Pinout
USB Connector Pinout
Ethernet Connector Pinout
ATA Connector Pinout
DVD-ROM Power Connector
LPC Connector
Fan Connector
Front Panel Connector
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