Nate Lawson
I recently started my own security consulting firm,
Root Labs.
I focus on design and review of systems involving embedded and kernel
security, crypto, and software protection.
I write a blog on many of these same
topics.
Previously, I've been at
Cryptography Research,
Decru,
Nifty Devices,
Scient,
Infogard,
ISS,
and
Elite.Net.
Have I really been doing security for
this long?
News
- 2007/3/20 - Articles now available on
my blog.
- 2006/2/20 - Added disassembly of
Bride of Frankenstein
- 2006/1/17 - I will be chairing a BoF titled "Open Source Security Tools"
at RSA 2006 in San Jose.
- 2005/10/6 - Work has been busy lately,
more details
- 2005/9/15 - BD+ adopted by Blu-ray
(article)
I've been a FreeBSD committer since 2002. Initially, I wrote a SCSI target
emulator and contributed it since I had to write a similar module twice
previously for work. Then, my laptop didn't work very well with ACPI so
I took a look. As typically happens when you do that, I ended up becoming
the maintainer. It's a difficult subsystem since it includes the processor,
chipset, and all the BIOS. Also, there are too many BIOS bugs to work around.
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We can learn a lot about modern copy protection by studying the past.
There was an intriguing arms race during the 1980's that is not
well-documented. This section documents protection methods and code
for analyzing them.
-
C64 Preservation Project
- a lot of original floppies are degrading fast, especially ones from small
game publishers. I help out by updating the
mnib
archiving software and contributing
images
when I find a rare floppy. Many of the same
protection methods
used back then are applicable today.
- Intro to the X1541 cables - if you want
to do your own nibbling, you'll need a cable to connect your 1541 floppy
drive to your PC.
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