PlayStation 3 DRM Falls – Root Key Found

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Home Brew video games have been around for a long time. Developing such games enables users to sharpen their coding and development skills. Still, with the root key found, this becomes a double-edged sword as it also helps users play downloaded games directly on to their PS3.
“Props to fail0verflow for the asymmetric half. No donate link,” GeoHot wrote, “just use this info wisely. I do not condone piracy”
There’s always an interesting twist to this sort of thing. Does the person that cracks your security protection you spent who knows how much time, money and effort in to become an enemy or the kind of person you would want to hire because that person was clearly smart enough to crack that protection in the first place?
“If you want your next console to be secure,” Geohot added, “get in touch with me. “any of you 3. It’d be fun to be on the other side.”
Kotaku made an interesting observation:
Crucially, because this key lies at the very heart of the PS3 hardware itself, it appears that if it has been cracked, it will be almost impossible to repair (even via firmware updates), as altering the existing key would run the risk of rendering all existing PS3 software inoperable.
What I think will be interesting in the months ahead is if this sparks a new console generation wars with another generation of consoles. One thing is for sure, if this key is legit, copy protection for the PS3 will be about as useless as the CSS copy protection on DVDs.

http://www.zeropaid.com/news/91842/playstation-3-drm-falls-root-key-found/

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CRYS1SX18Posted:

now if only they could find microsofts private key /:

spy4561Posted:

O shit here is the Root Key and what Geo Hot posted on his Blog lol erk: C0 CE FE 84 C2 27 F7 5B D0 7A 7E B8 46 50 9F 93 B2 38 E7 70 DA CB 9F F4 A3 88 F8 12 48 2B E2 1B
riv: 47 EE 74 54 E4 77 4C C9 B8 96 0C 7B 59 F4 C1 4D
pub: C2 D4 AA F3 19 35 50 19 AF 99 D4 4E 2B 58 CA 29 25 2C 89 12 3D 11 D6 21 8F 40 B1 38 CA B2 9B 71 01 F3 AE B7 2A 97 50 19
R: 80 6E 07 8F A1 52 97 90 CE 1A AE 02 BA DD 6F AA A6 AF 74 17
n: E1 3A 7E BC 3A CC EB 1C B5 6C C8 60 FC AB DB 6A 04 8C 55 E1
K: BA 90 55 91 68 61 B9 77 ED CB ED 92 00 50 92 F6 6C 7A 3D 8D
Da: C5 B2 BF A1 A4 13 DD 16 F2 6D 31 C0 F2 ED 47 20 DC FB 06 70

~geohot

props to fail0verflow for the asymmetric half
no donate link, just use this info wisely
i do not condone piracy

I made a video

it's jailbreak time
open the zip, you know how to install
3.55 only
would be pirates, don't waste your time
do not mirror file, link to geohot.com
no donations accepted right now, don't get scammed

homebrew signing source
make_self_npdrm makes valid NPDRM selfs from elfs
it does not contain any info on decrypting or removing NPDRM
NPDRM is required for interoperability of our homebrew applications
package_finalize turns your debug packages into psuedoretail packages
psuedoretail packages install on a geohot jailbroken PS3

i'm excited to see what you will create
open source SDK @ PSL1GHT

spy4561Posted:

MMxWrecked Geohot is a true genius

Blackrain, limerian, robotic accomplishments, and now this

And he is only 21

He is he I think be made the 1st iPhone unlock too. I think google gave him an internship or a job offer or something like that but he is very smart

TechnicalGuyPosted:

Now we know why Microsoft is better than Sony
hahahaha
FAIL!

MMxWreckedPosted:

Geohot is a true genius

Blackrain, limerian, robotic accomplishments, and now this

And he is only 21

NyuPosted:

I Have Seen The Key

Looks Like A Lot Of 48 Hour Codes, But It Is Not

Man Sony Mucked Up Now =]

nerdmattPosted:

SUHWEEEEET! :D

cannot wait for this too become public :D