banner: give the bit actual teeth

Previous staircase pattern was just trailing decoration — not real key teeth. Redesigned the bit as a hanging rectangle with two clearly-projecting notch-teeth on its right edge (the part that engages a lock's wards). Switched to box-drawing chars for the bit since they make sharper notches than 8/b/d glyphs; bow stays ornate-ASCII style. Bump 0.4.3 → 0.4.4.
banner: artwork is the focal point — plain SKELETONKEY text below
2026-05-16 23:04:14 -04:00 · 2026-05-16 23:01:14 -04:00 · 2026-05-16 22:57:01 -04:00 · 2026-05-16 22:52:13 -04:00
2 changed files with 33 additions and 23 deletions
@@ -7,17 +7,22 @@
 > vulnerable to, and — with explicit confirmation — gets you root.
 ```
-      ╔══╤══╗
+       ,d8888b,
-      ║  ●  ║═══════════════════════════════════════════════════--,
+      d88'  `88b
-      ╚═════╝                                                     `--,_
+     d88' ,db, `88b
-                                                                     `_/
+     888  d8''8b  888===========================================╗
     888  88  88  888                                           ║
     888  `8bd8'  888                                        ╔══╩═╗
     `88b  `""'  d88'                                        ║    ╠═╗
      `Y8,      ,8P'                                         ║    ║ ║
        `"Y8P"'                                              ║    ╠═╝
                                                             ║    ║
                                                             ║    ╠═╗
                                                             ║    ║ ║
                                                             ║    ╠═╝
                                                             ╚════╝
- ███████╗██╗  ██╗███████╗██╗     ███████╗████████╗ ██████╗ ███╗   ██╗██╗  ██╗███████╗██╗   ██╗
+                       S K E L E T O N K E Y
 ██╔════╝██║ ██╔╝██╔════╝██║     ██╔════╝╚══██╔══╝██╔═══██╗████╗  ██║██║ ██╔╝██╔════╝╚██╗ ██╔╝
 ███████╗█████╔╝ █████╗  ██║     █████╗     ██║   ██║   ██║██╔██╗ ██║█████╔╝ █████╗   ╚████╔╝ 
 ╚════██║██╔═██╗ ██╔══╝  ██║     ██╔══╝     ██║   ██║   ██║██║╚██╗██║██╔═██╗ ██╔══╝    ╚██╔╝  
 ███████║██║  ██╗███████╗███████╗███████╗   ██║   ╚██████╔╝██║ ╚████║██║  ██╗███████╗   ██║   
 ╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝╚══════╝╚══════╝   ╚═╝    ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═══╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝   ╚═╝   
 ```
 > ⚠️ **Authorized testing only.** SKELETONKEY is a research and red-team
@@ -28,23 +28,28 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#define SKELETONKEY_VERSION "0.4.0"
+#define SKELETONKEY_VERSION "0.4.4"
 static const char BANNER[] =
 "\n"
-"      ╔══╤══╗\n"
+"       ,d8888b,\n"
-"      ║  ●  ║═══════════════════════════════════════════════════--,\n"
+"      d88'  `88b\n"
-"      ╚═════╝                                                     `--,_\n"
+"     d88' ,db, `88b\n"
-"                                                                     `_/\n"
+"     888  d8''8b  888===========================================╗\n"
 "     888  88  88  888                                           ║\n"
 "     888  `8bd8'  888                                        ╔══╩═╗\n"
 "     `88b  `\"\"'  d88'                                        ║    ╠═╗\n"
 "      `Y8,      ,8P'                                         ║    ║ ║\n"
 "        `\"Y8P\"'                                              ║    ╠═╝\n"
 "                                                             ║    ║\n"
 "                                                             ║    ╠═╗\n"
 "                                                             ║    ║ ║\n"
 "                                                             ║    ╠═╝\n"
 "                                                             ╚════╝\n"
 "\n"
-" ███████╗██╗  ██╗███████╗██╗     ███████╗████████╗ ██████╗ ███╗   ██╗██╗  ██╗███████╗██╗   ██╗\n"
+"                       S K E L E T O N K E Y\n"
-" ██╔════╝██║ ██╔╝██╔════╝██║     ██╔════╝╚══██╔══╝██╔═══██╗████╗  ██║██║ ██╔╝██╔════╝╚██╗ ██╔╝\n"
+"           Curated Linux kernel LPE corpus — v" SKELETONKEY_VERSION "\n"
-" ███████╗█████╔╝ █████╗  ██║     █████╗     ██║   ██║   ██║██╔██╗ ██║█████╔╝ █████╗   ╚████╔╝ \n"
+"                AUTHORIZED TESTING ONLY — see docs/ETHICS.md\n";
 " ╚════██║██╔═██╗ ██╔══╝  ██║     ██╔══╝     ██║   ██║   ██║██║╚██╗██║██╔═██╗ ██╔══╝    ╚██╔╝  \n"
 " ███████║██║  ██╗███████╗███████╗███████╗   ██║   ╚██████╔╝██║ ╚████║██║  ██╗███████╗   ██║   \n"
 " ╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝╚══════╝╚══════╝   ╚═╝    ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═══╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝   ╚═╝   \n"
 "   Curated Linux kernel LPE corpus — v" SKELETONKEY_VERSION "\n"
 "   AUTHORIZED TESTING ONLY — see docs/ETHICS.md\n";
 static void usage(const char *prog)
 {
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
leviathan	347a9af832	banner: give the bit actual teeth release / build (arm64) (push) Waiting to run Details release / build (x86_64) (push) Waiting to run Details release / release (push) Blocked by required conditions Details Previous staircase pattern was just trailing decoration — not real key teeth. Redesigned the bit as a hanging rectangle with two clearly-projecting notch-teeth on its right edge (the part that engages a lock's wards). Switched to box-drawing chars for the bit since they make sharper notches than 8/b/d glyphs; bow stays ornate-ASCII style. Bump 0.4.3 → 0.4.4.	2026-05-16 23:04:14 -04:00
leviathan	023289a03a	banner: artwork is the focal point — plain SKELETONKEY text below release / build (arm64) (push) Waiting to run Details release / build (x86_64) (push) Waiting to run Details release / release (push) Blocked by required conditions Details Previous banner had a SKELETONKEY block-letter art that competed with the skeleton-key drawing for visual attention. Simplified: the key art is now the focal point, and SKELETONKEY is rendered as plain spaced text below the drawing. Slight refinement to the key art: bow is a bit larger (888 instead of 88) to feel more substantial. Bit/teeth pattern unchanged. Bump 0.4.2 → 0.4.3.	2026-05-16 23:01:14 -04:00
leviathan	e7ced5db7c	banner: more detailed ornate skeleton key release / build (arm64) (push) Waiting to run Details release / build (x86_64) (push) Waiting to run Details release / release (push) Blocked by required conditions Details The v0.4.1 box-drawing key was minimalist — round bow, line shaft, small bit. Replaced with a more detailed ornate skeleton-key silhouette in the classic ASCII-art-of-keys tradition: - Round bow with internal "hole" rendered via stylized 8/b/d/' pattern (suggests the decorative loop you'd grip) - Long shaft running right across the banner - Bit at the end with a staircase notch pattern (the iconic "key-tooth" descent showing the wards that engage the lock) Same height as the previous banner. SKELETONKEY block letters below unchanged. Bump 0.4.1 → 0.4.2.	2026-05-16 22:57:01 -04:00
leviathan	b5188b7818	banner: redesign skeleton key ASCII art release / build (arm64) (push) Waiting to run Details release / build (x86_64) (push) Waiting to run Details release / release (push) Blocked by required conditions Details Replace the previous "circle + shaft + curl" silhouette (which read more like a magnifying glass) with a proper skeleton-key anatomy: - BOW: round decorative loop with center hole (the part you hold) - SHAFT: long horizontal rod (= the body of the key) - BIT: notched tooth hanging down from the shaft end (the part that engages the lock — the iconic key-tooth profile) Same change in skeletonkey.c BANNER and README.md. Bump 0.4.0 → 0.4.1.	2026-05-16 22:52:13 -04:00