Discussion NUON Authentication Tools Thread - Emulating older outdated versions of Linux

[mgarcia]

So where are we at with this? Can we get a link with instructions on how to do it?

it's just a simple make command and it builds the blessing executables, the blessing procedure is described in Scott's authentication.zip

 

[EdgeConnector]

Okay, I finally finished up making a modern linux distro with the tools needed to sign executables for DVD execution. It's a Debian Linux distribution for Virtual Box and it's a little bloated (2.3GB compressed, 8GB uncompressed), but I wanted to get it out there for people to test.

There is a README.TXT with usernames and passwords for the VM and information to guide people through the process. I've included a sample cof file for people to use to test out the process.

Please give it a try and let me know if it works and if you have any issues. Happy to answer any questions.

NUON Signing Distribution : Edge Connector : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Modern Debian Linux distribution with the tools required to sign NUON software to run from DVD media.

archive.org

 

[mgarcia]

I tried it out, I have VB 6.1.34, it boots but doesn't get into the GUI, have to get the soft keyboard to CTRL-ALT-F3 into the shell.
authinfo isn't in the path, so it needs ../bin/authinfo

I compiled the c files for windows (tested in winXP and win7), it wasn't that hard and install the newest (old) gpg that worked on your keys and phrase... It's untested, but it seems to work, I couldn't get the exact binary output as yours though (that's probably normal), but they run in Nuance and passes the authinfo.

I haven't burnt a DVD to test it, my Nuon in storage and i'm hunting down a remote for it.. and setting up etc.
But thought I'd contribute a bit, while I'm looking at this stuff anyway.

Cheers,
Mike.

attachment deleted - due to possible virus

 

[EdgeConnector]

I tried it out, I have VB 6.1.34, it boots but doesn't get into the GUI, have to get the soft keyboard to CTRL-ALT-F3 into the shell.
authinfo isn't in the path, so it needs ../bin/authinfo

I compiled the c files for windows (tested in winXP and win7), it wasn't that hard and install the newest (old) gpg that worked on your keys and phrase... It's untested, but it seems to work, I couldn't get the exact binary output as yours though (that's probably normal), but they run in Nuance and passes the authinfo.

I haven't burnt a DVD to test it, my Nuon in storage and i'm hunting down a remote for it.. and setting up etc.
But thought I'd contribute a bit, while I'm looking at this stuff anyway.

Cheers,
Mike.

Thanks for the feedback.

Which user did you login? The PATH for vmlabs should have bin directory in it and I tested it out just now and it worked.

I've attached the settings I used in Virtual Box if you want to test to see if you can get the window manager running.

Great job on the Windows tools. That will probably make things a lot easier for people to deal with.

 

[The Helper]

I tried it out, I have VB 6.1.34, it boots but doesn't get into the GUI, have to get the soft keyboard to CTRL-ALT-F3 into the shell.
authinfo isn't in the path, so it needs ../bin/authinfo

I compiled the c files for windows (tested in winXP and win7), it wasn't that hard and install the newest (old) gpg that worked on your keys and phrase... It's untested, but it seems to work, I couldn't get the exact binary output as yours though (that's probably normal), but they run in Nuance and passes the authinfo.

I haven't burnt a DVD to test it, my Nuon in storage and i'm hunting down a remote for it.. and setting up etc.
But thought I'd contribute a bit, while I'm looking at this stuff anyway.

Cheers,
Mike.

You should check the Discord on this we are talking about it

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[EdgeConnector]

I tried it out, I have VB 6.1.34, it boots but doesn't get into the GUI, have to get the soft keyboard to CTRL-ALT-F3 into the shell.
authinfo isn't in the path, so it needs ../bin/authinfo

I compiled the c files for windows (tested in winXP and win7), it wasn't that hard and install the newest (old) gpg that worked on your keys and phrase... It's untested, but it seems to work, I couldn't get the exact binary output as yours though (that's probably normal), but they run in Nuance and passes the authinfo.

I haven't burnt a DVD to test it, my Nuon in storage and i'm hunting down a remote for it.. and setting up etc.
But thought I'd contribute a bit, while I'm looking at this stuff anyway.

Cheers,
Mike.

I can't imagine why the output would be different and still work since signing should be identical. Have you had a chance to test it on a an actual DVD player?

 

[mgarcia]

Thanks for the feedback.

Which user did you login? The PATH for vmlabs should have bin directory in it and I tested it out just now and it worked.

I see it in the path... very strange then. I logged in as vmlabs too... I screenshot'ed it for the authinfo output at the time.

Sorry, I haven't had a chance to test it... I'm hoping to do it next weekend.
I'm no expert at C/C++, GPG, or encryption etc... i just saw it was an easy port and it looked easy, and it just worked the same with finding the gpg version... and it didn't take up much time to do. I think the hardest part was your keys/pass phrase!

 

[mgarcia]

Attached is the winXP (and win7+ executables) I used to auth nuon DVD apps in windows.
I've check all the files in ClamAV and there are no viruses, but 5 out of the 60+ found something, so use at own risk.

VirusTotal

VirusTotal

www.virustotal.com

Attached are two images I shared on discord of the same game demo app, booted of the DVD.

 

[EdgeConnector]

Attached is the winXP (and win7+ executables) I used to auth nuon DVD apps in windows.
I've check all the files in ClamAV and there are no viruses, but 5 out of the 60+ found something, so use at own risk.

VirusTotal

VirusTotal

www.virustotal.com

Attached are two images I shared on discord of the same game demo app, booted of the DVD.

Awesome work! Can’t wait to give it a spin. This will really make my workflow easier. Thanks!

 

[cubanismo]

I can also independently verify the process all the way from downloading the Debian image @EdgeConnector put together to running a signed DVD on a retail Nuon system. I'm glad it worked, because this was a large factor in my decision to purchase some Nuon hardware. For testing purposes, I took the liberty of signing a copy of Breakout I built from source. With @Stephen's permission below, I've edited this post to attach the ISO here.

 

[Stephen]

Sweet - yeah, definitely go ahead and post the Breakout. I wish the emulator worked a little better or I could get code uploaded to a real machine because I'd sure like to revisit this and add features I never could back then. I was in the process of starting to use fixed point math for everything rather than pure integer in order to get the gameplay smoother, among other things.

 

[cubanismo]

Thanks, I've edited the above post to attach a zip containing the ISO.

 

[EdgeConnector]

I can also independently verify the process all the way from downloading the Debian image @EdgeConnector put together to running a signed DVD on a retail Nuon system. I'm glad it worked, because this was a large factor in my decision to purchase some Nuon hardware. For testing purposes, I took the liberty of signing a copy of Breakout I built from source. With @Stephen's permission below, I've edited this post to attach the ISO here.

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Nice work. Glad everything worked!

 

[cubanismo]

For anyone following along: I've simplified the process a bit and added it to my repackaging of the SDK, here: https://github.com/cubanismo/nuon-sdk

The passphrase has been removed, and the scripts have been renamed and cleaned up a little. After initializing the SDK environment (I.e., after sourcing env.sh on Linux or running env.bat on Windows), you can sign a binary just by running this command from anywhere:

vmmakeapp someapp.cof 0

That won't require any further user input (No passphrase entry, etc.), so it can be incorporated in scripts and Makefiles. It will create someapp.cof.app, which you can rename nuon.run and burn to a DVD under the NUON directory, then throw it on your Nuon system to test/run.

I have rules like this in my Makefiles to generate a stripped, compressed, and signed nuon.run (Or NUON.CD, for testing on CD-R/CD-RW) for my projects:

EXESUFFIX = .cof
PROG = myapp

$(PROG)$(EXESUFFIX): $(OBJS)
        $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)

NUON.CD: $(PROG).packed$(EXESUFFIX)
        CreateNuonCD $<

nuon.run: $(PROG).packed$(EXESUFFIX)
        vmmakeapp $<
        $(COPY) $<.app $@
        $(RM) $<.app

$(PROG).packed$(EXESUFFIX): $(PROG).stripped$(EXESUFFIX)
        coffpack -o $@ $<

$(PROG).stripped$(EXESUFFIX): $(PROG)
        vmstrip -F -o $@ $<