abgx360: DAE.bin Silently Updated on XBL on Current Public Dashboard

[KingMike_OS]

DAE.bin is being silently updated through Xbox Live with an additional challenge table! This happens on the current public dashboard version 2.0.13604.0 and there is no confirmation dialog or any known means to prevent it besides disconnecting your console from the internet.

If your DAE.bin has already been silently updated, AP25 backups that are patched with current AP25 replay data will fail the normal AP25 challenges outright! Note that all XGD3 games use AP25.

Use your originals if you want to play on Xbox Live.

First and foremost, a warning — at this current time it is advised that you stay offline and avoid playing any AP2.5/XGD3 backups. It has been confirmed by the team that the dae.bin is now being silently updated on all LIVE-connected boxes.

This update is not being deployed via a SystemUpdate or TitleUpdate, but rather occurs in the background without any visual indication or prompt to the user. As such, there is no means by which it can be cancelled or avoided, other than not connecting to LIVE. If you’ve connected to LIVE in the past 24 hours, your system has likely already been updated with a changed dae.bin.
All AP2.5/XGD3 backups that contain the now older AP25 replay data will fail the system’s AP2.5 challenges and indeed flag your system (the flagging has also been confirmed by the team).

Like our news a few days ago, the dae.bin is now being changed by way of an appended challenge table in the same manner on current retail dashes (13604) as it is on the preview dash (14686), however the content of the challenge tables differ. The team has determined that the appended challenge table appears to be unique per console and contains indentifying information. This means that everyone’s dae.bin is different, and can potentially be traced back to your specific console. Therefore, sharing your dae.bin with others is not advisable.

[KingMike_OS]

xk3y Customer can dunmp there nand after the update is done to the DAE.bin and extract the file and put it on the Xk3y hardrive where the game loading from.

Xk3y will attempt to use data from the dae.bin file (if present in the /games directory. i.e. USB:/games/dae.bin) to respond to AP25 challenges

If dae.bin is not present in /games Xk3y will use the CFW AP2.5 replay sector to respond to AP25 challenges

If Xk3y receives a challenge it cannot respond to it will display a warning message and stay "busy", the console will wait around 60 seconds before flagging the AP25 fail. Turn off your console to avoid a flag

There are no AP25 patches available right now for XGD3 games, if you want to play those you will need the dae.bin file that corresponds to you dash version

It is highly recommended that you use dae.bin in preference to AP2.5 replay sectors, you wont have to wait for new patches to become available. If the next Dash update replaces the dae.bin file in your console you can simply update Xk3y's copy and carry on, no need to re-patch your ISOs

Update : The DAE.bin File is updated everytime your xbox see internet connection so once the file dump stay of the live or it will get re update again and the AP25 challenges change again

[RyanF]

yet another reason to go with a PC and gamepad instead of console.

[thevipper]

hahahaha but some games don't come out for pc lol