Mac OS 9 Software Update: Difference between revisions
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Unfortunately, no samples of this XML file seem to be archived anywhere. |
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== XML |
== XML templates == |
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Hints at the data structures used for requests, responses, and logging. |
Hints at the data structures used for requests, responses, and logging. |
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=== Log format === |
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From <code>STR#</code> ID = 20000, then prettyprinted. Caret-prefixed numbers are template placeholders. |
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<syntaxhighlight lang="xml"> |
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<DOCUMENT> |
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<VERSION>0</VERSION> |
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<LOG> |
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<DATE>^0</DATE> |
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<NAME>^1</NAME> |
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<VERSION>^2</VERSION> |
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<STATUS>^3</STATUS> |
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</LOG> |
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<!-- additional log entries... --> |
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</DOCUMENT> |
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</syntaxhighlight> |
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== Network traffic? == |
== Network traffic? == |
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Revision as of 19:01, 25 September 2025
Scattered notes on reverse engineering how the Mac OS 9 Software Update system works.
URL?
In the Software Update Engine extension, resource ulsu ID = 128 has this URL:
Unfortunately, no samples of this XML file seem to be archived anywhere.
XML templates
Hints at the data structures used for requests, responses, and logging.
Log format
From STR# ID = 20000, then prettyprinted. Caret-prefixed numbers are template placeholders.
<DOCUMENT>
<VERSION>0</VERSION>
<LOG>
<DATE>^0</DATE>
<NAME>^1</NAME>
<VERSION>^2</VERSION>
<STATUS>^3</STATUS>
</LOG>
<!-- additional log entries... -->
</DOCUMENT>
Network traffic?
I have not done any disassembly yet, so these notes come from poking around in ResEdit.
- Files may have used binhex, StuffIt, and self-extracting archives.[1][2]
- Though the baked-in URL is
http://, the following are likely also supported:ftp://,https://,urlproxy:(?), andfile:///.[3]
