# 025 - Opaque Magisterium

- Show: [Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast)
- Published: 2019-08-14
- Length: 1h 38m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-08-14-025-opaque-magisterium
- Listen: https://unnamedre.com/episode/25

## Summary

Kate Temkin and Mikaela Szekely from Great Scott Gadgets discuss the challenges and tools of USB reverse engineering. They detail the creation of open-source hardware like the GreatFET and Rhododendron, as well as software tools like USBProxy and the new USB analyzer framework called USB. The conversation covers specific vulnerabilities, such as the Nintendo Switch stack smash, and the difficulties of high-speed signal analysis compared to low-cost logic analyzers.

## Chapters

- [0:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-08-14-025-opaque-magisterium#t=17) Introduction and Great Scott Gadgets Overview
- [6:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-08-14-025-opaque-magisterium#t=371) USB Reverse Engineering Techniques and Tools
- [9:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-08-14-025-opaque-magisterium#t=552) Nintendo Switch Vulnerability and USB Opaqueness
- [14:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-08-14-025-opaque-magisterium#t=883) USB Analyzers: Beagle, OpenVizsla, and Sigrok
- [32:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-08-14-025-opaque-magisterium#t=1938) USBProxy and Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
- [45:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-08-14-025-opaque-magisterium#t=2703) USB Analyzer Framework and Rhododendron Board
- [1:03:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-08-14-025-opaque-magisterium#t=3787) Future Hardware and USB Power Delivery Issues

## Topics

- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Test & measurement](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/test-and-measurement)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Open-source hardware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/open-source-hardware)
- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Great Scott Gadgets (company)
- GreatFET (product)
- HackRF (product)
- Ubertooth (product)
- TotalPhase Beagle (product)
- OpenVizsla (product)
- Sigrok (tool)
- USBProxy (tool)
- libUSB (tool)
- pyUSB (tool)
- USBMon (tool)
- Wireshark (tool)
- Rhododendron (product)
- Ghidra (tool)
- IDA (tool)
- FaceDancer (product)
- PhiWhisperer (product)
- USB CTF (product)
- Nintendo Switch (product)
- LPC55S69 (chip)

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