Post: Geohot Found Root Key
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01-03-2011, 08:27 AM
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CLM
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Geohot Found Root Key
Well it seems Geohot has done it again. The hacker mostly known for cracking the iPhone now says he's found the keys to PlayStation 3.
What's the difference between Geohot's work and Fail0verflow's you ask? Well while Fail0verflow is in process of releasing tools to allow people to install Linux on their system, Geohot just went ahead and published the PS3's "root key".
Originally posted by another user
The root key is a signature of sorts, that lets the PS3 know that the program that's about to run on the console is a legitimate piece of software. If it's now out there, then once people start messing around with it, they'll be able to whip up anything - be that custom software or pirated games - and trick the console into thinking it's OK to load.
Mean time Fail0verflow have released some "PS3 development tools" as they have promised.
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01-03-2011, 04:51 PM
#20
FlyingIrishMan
A7X
So where do we go from here?
Maybe it will push Sony into releasing a PS4 sooner?
Maybe it will push Sony into releasing a PS4 sooner?
01-03-2011, 08:38 PM
#22
darkness4al
Grunt
Sniping is designed to play a role: Supierior long range capabilities. And quickscoping violates that role.//////
BUT NOSCOPING IS FOR BEAST. just had to say it
BUT NOSCOPING IS FOR BEAST. just had to say it
01-03-2011, 09:20 PM
#26
Ronye West
Anti-HSx9
I don't think this is unpatchable, surely sony will just make new keys? People who are saying "Now everyone will buy an xBox".. why would anyone in the right mind switch from PS3 to xBox? If anything more people will be buying PS3s, xBoxs can be flashed to play pirate games, does that stop xBox making Halo? Of course not. So it won't stop Sony from making games like LBP, Grand Turismo, Halo etc.
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01-03-2011, 09:46 PM
#27
Originally posted by Jordans
Can Geohot get jail time for doing this.?
I believe he can due to the fact that he is running no-registered programs.
Correct me if im wrong
I believe he can due to the fact that he is running no-registered programs.
Correct me if im wrong
No he can't necessarily because he never shows himself running un-registered programs, he is just informing us that this is what the key can do.
01-03-2011, 10:02 PM
#28
+Sfx Krush
Childish Gambino <3
So to get this straight, as of right now he can only do this? We have to wait for a full release or is it already out there?
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