[damingraham]

like ermmmmagerd wheres the new 4.3 CFW lol

jk jk

[cKyOne]

Originally Posted by JustThatDude Nvm Rogero released one

Wait.. Were you answering me?

[blazek566]

Originally Posted by Xzyx987X No, not exactly. See, when firmware 3.55 was originally cracked, and the private keys were discovered, we had the keys for almost everything in that firmware except LV0. Because of this, Sony moved the keys used to decrypt the other elements of the firmware into LV0, and thats the reason no one has been able to make a newer custom firmware. Now that we have the LV0 keys (including the private signing key which we can get because LV0 is signed using keys that were flawed, similar to the rest of the keys pre-3.60), we can decrypt LV0 and extract the rest of the keys used to encrypt the 3.60+ firmware files. But what we can't do is figure out Sony's new private keys, because they fixed the security flaw that allowed us to get those. Once you install OFW 3.60+, it uses the new uncrackable keys to check the validity of any firmware you try to install, so it is not possible to go directly from OFW 3.60+ to CFW. But with a flasher you can, because it bypasses the check.

What about making the flaw again like on 3.55?:D

[RickDangerous]

Originally Posted by mechlord I got an easier question: Last couple of months we had a semi-hack that allowed code to be installed on a 4.XX console (kakaroto's stuff). In theory, could it work if hb was installed via this method and then used the new keys to run?

I'm curious about this too. I hope someone can answer this.
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Originally Posted by blazek566 What about making the flaw again like on 3.55?:D

That flaw was patched in 3.56. You have to find a new flaw, and they are not easy to find.

[Cypherous]

@JustThatDude

Sorry for asking stupid questions, you mention that if the private key was known there might be a way to do a software downgrade, is this actually doable, i'm not a tech expert in this field sadly, i know i'm on a 4.xx firmware but my PS3 hasn't been used in a few months so i assume its 4.21, its an older NAND based phat so its downgradable quite a bit from my understanding and i have previously used a 3.55 MFW on here, do i have any software based options or am i likely to see anything software based as most flashers require soldering and thats not something that i, or anybody i trust enough, have the skills to do.

[Alexerer]

Hmmm this is interesting, time to get back to reading the rest of the pages.

[zecoxao]

lv0 keys are static for every firmware there is except when you update bootldr at factory, that means these are good for 3.55, 3.56, ... until 4.30 too. you NEED to update bootldr at factory or the keys will STILL work.

[Raito]

That also means, If they would want to change lv0 key, they would have ( in new firmwares ) to block off any consoles pre 3.55.. which I think Sony won't do ever.

R.I.P PS3.

[DEFAULTDNB]

Originally Posted by Raito That also means, If they would want to change lv0 key, they would have ( in new firmwares ) to block off any consoles pre 3.55.. which I think Sony won't do ever. R.I.P PS3.

I wouldnt put it past them, if they can continually remove features, they can sack off 3.55 consoles.

As far as sony is concerned, "you need to be on the latest OFW, or GTFO"

[ElSalvatore]

Originally Posted by zecoxao lv0 keys are static for every firmware there is except when you update bootldr at factory, that means these are good for 3.55, 3.56, ... until 4.30 too. you NEED to update bootldr at factory or the keys will STILL work.

Yep. That's what @cfwprpht said all the time.

People should start trusting devs that don't want to harm the scene but want to help it. Just like cfwprpht. He knows what he's doing...

I'm just curious what the next few days will happen.

It's time we started to pull together and work together.
Better late than never.