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lolhax.org
Personal blog · lolhax.orgsecurity
lolhax.org is a personal blog at lolhax.org about security. Since 2017, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Extracting Keys from F00D Crumbs”. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link lolhax.org posts on extracting cryptographic keys from game console hardware, cited as examples of a flaw that appears across the PS Vita, PS4 and Nintendo Switch. The only comment is a neutral source link.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A blog by Davee.
Most-linked posts?
- Extracting Keys from F00D Crumbs2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-01-09
What Hacker News says?
Yes, the general flaw/technique is alarmingly common. psvita: https://www.lolhax.org/2019/01/02/extracting-keys-f00d-crumb... ps4: https://twitter.com/flat_z/status/1472243592815169546 nintendo switch (tegra X1): https://switchbrew.org/wiki/Switch_System_Flaws (see "Security Engine keyslots vulnerable to partial overwrite attack") (Nintendo really ought to have known better, but I suppose the security of their alarm…
Comment linking /2019/01/02/extracting-keys-f00d-crumbs-raccoon-exploit/
on “Looking into the Nintendo Alarmo”Submitted 6.61 Infinity – An explanation as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Extracting Keys from F00D Crumbs as a story · 1 points
HN discussion