{"id":10897,"date":"2021-07-03T14:50:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T14:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hovatek.com\/?p=10897"},"modified":"2021-07-03T15:04:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T15:04:23","slug":"are-secure-boot-da-files-still-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/are-secure-boot-da-files-still-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Secure Boot DA files still important?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A little while back, one of our members sent us an email requesting the DA file for a Secure Boot<\/a> device. He was quite surprised to learn that he didn’t need a DA thanks to the SLA\/DAA Bypass.<\/a> While the guide initially seemed daunting to him, he quickly realized that its not that difficult to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the advantages of a DA file over Auth Bypass?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Convenience is the only advantage I can think of. You simply load the DA file<\/a> in the tool and you’re good to go but it ends there. Finding a compatible DA (though we have a Mediatek DA & Auth file collection<\/a>) isn’t half as easy. There’s also the limitation of a format \/ firmware upgrade causing the device to request for an Auth file (even harder to find).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are Secure Boot DA files dead?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

No! far from it. The SLA\/DAA bypass is just a more reliable way (for now if your chipset is supported) since you don’t have to waste time or spend money looking for a DA \/ Auth file. It however seems that some OEMs are starting to patch the vulnerability so DA and Auth files might become King again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until the SLA\/DAA bypass is patched in most models, its definitely an approach worth considering. Even your favorite boxes and dongles<\/a> have implemented it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which has served you better, DA+Auth vs SLA\/DAA\/Auth bypass?<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A little while back, one of our members sent us an email requesting the DA file for a Secure Boot device. He was quite surprised to learn that he didn’t need a DA thanks to the SLA\/DAA Bypass. While the guide initially seemed daunting to him, he quickly realized that its not that difficult to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[767,778,324,178,585],"class_list":["post-10897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-tips","tag-auth-bypass","tag-da","tag-download-agent","tag-mediatek-mtk","tag-secure-boot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}