NewLC - A peek inside the N-Gage first access SIS file - Comments

Re: A peek inside the N-Gage first access SIS file

puterman — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:19:57 +0200

I just had a quick look at the new version, and indeed, not much seems to have changed, and that includes the absurd capabilities. I don't have a device that I can run it on, so my interest is quite low at the moment.

Re: A peek inside the N-Gage first access SIS file

wl — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:41:06 +0200

how about new version of n-gage.sisx? looks like not many changes was made

Re: A peek inside the N-Gage first access SIS file

puterman — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:01:44 +0200

"Compatibility: Windows XP/2003/Vista"

That's kind of a problem for me.

Re: A peek inside the N-Gage first access SIS file

HDR — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:05:11 +0200

I think sisinfo.py is not very suitable tool for work with sis files, it's old and has a lot of bugs. I used SISContents (http://symbiandev.cdtools.net) to extract n-gage from initial sis package and analyze the contents of n-gage.sisx and it worked fine.

Re: A peek inside the N-Gage first access SIS file

Symbian_Neil — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:09:51 +0100

Well, it surely keeps the novice developers and enthusiastic end-users from hacking it. But a pro would definately manipulate the capabilities if the extra ones are just to keep from using developers certificate

Re: A peek inside the N-Gage first access SIS file

puterman — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:31:57 +0100

wl: I very much doubt that that's the reason why they use all those capabilities. But then again, it seems like the developers have a quite bad understanding of platform security, and security in general, so who knows?

Re: A peek inside the N-Gage first access SIS file

wl — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:08:17 +0100

webkit_table.dat - looks like list of current version of WebKit Browser (http://webkit.org/) for some devices by their uids.

imho, huge set of required capabilities - it's just for preventing cracking games (impossible to sign such sis with Developer Certificate). bad try...

A peek inside the N-Gage first access SIS file

puterman — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:08:18 +0100

In this article, the N-Gage first access SIS file is unpacked and dissected, and some interesting findings are reported. What does FlashLite have to do with N-Gage, what devices are supported, and what is the security culture really like inside Nokia?