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Any idea on who to contact to persuade intel to write drivers for Linux?
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I would be happy with UDF 2.5/2.6 support and bitstream code being backported to XBMC, how about it?
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Hrm... Will that code take care of the issue? Is Boxee actually running hardware verified signed code?
If that be the case, maybe Team Xecuter could help once again?
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Yeah I know about that. I'm studying for security+.
We would have to bypass the current firmware completely. Basically the proprietariness would have to be completely bypassed. The way team xecuter did their magic on XBOX was to Bypass the XBOX bios. This allowed XBOX to run homebrew software like XBMC. Which is why we are here in the first place.
Assuming the keys are encrypted in the bios there is no reason we cannot bypass that with some expert help. If we leave the Boxee filesystem in-tact and install some custom firmware then Boxee should still be able to run and execute proprietary Boxee code while leaving the door opened for unencrypted x86 code.
The main goal should be to find a way to allow Boxee to execute unsigned code from a USB boot drive right? I think we need to start looking at hardware and firmware so we can avoid the "SSL"
When you say SSL are you actually talking about Secure Socket Layer or are you referring to some sort of encryption? If so then it should be possible to obtain the key when it is used by looking at the hardware. Are you sure it's not like AES or bitlocker or something?
If anyone has a boxes I'd like to play with it a bit. I'd like to telnet in and see what I can see.