68w ago - Following up on the
previous update, this weekend Spanish PlayStation 3 developer
Calantra has released a homebrew application to find PS3 Keys dubbed Lv0 Assault followed by updated versions below.
Download:
PS3 Lv0 Assault v1.0 /
PS3 Lv0 Assault v1.1 /
PS3 Lv0 Assault v1.2 /
qtintf.dll (Required)
To quote, roughly translated: LV0 assault is an application that uses the contents of any file type to search for valid cryptographic keys to decrypt files encrypted with keys LV0 metldr * or *.
What it does:
The operation of this program is not based on the use of the techniques of "brute force" is limited to just keep trying all possible keys of 32 bytes that can be found in a file.
We can get:
If by chance the key LV0 appear in theory you could decrypt the file LV0 content updates and versions higher than 3.56 contain changes which in turn contain the long-awaited keys.
That does not do:
- It is used to decrypt any file type.
- It serves to create any CFW.
- There used to play GT5 and to play for PSN.
Notes:
If we find the key delv0 ideally, the most dense file-level data as possible, these files are those that are compressed or encrypted. It is also very useful for finding keys if you have memory dumps from the localstore.
It should be clear that it is extremely difficult and unlikely to get the key LV0 by this method, but it's better than sitting in front of the screen waiting for the prophet down the mountain with the solution to your problems. The more people looking the better.
This program is experimental and is based on a complete utility that I used some time to locate and catalog keys. There are more explanations in the file "readme" that comes with the program and contact addresses.
How to use:
Click on menu "search for" select the lv0 to find lv0 key, metldr to find metldr key.
Thanks to:
Al the ps3devwiki contributors, Team Fail0verflow, Kakarotoks, at all of them for share their knowledges
Last of all, execuse me a lot for my bad english.
Regards, Calantra.
im a new user...
That's still seems a bf-ish method to me, but I understand what you are saying.
Need someone with some good tech skills and knowledge on the PS3 architecture to release some mod chip, and voila. Why being stubborn about finding keys and making some CFW ?
A bit of soldering and some tools and you might find what you're looking for. I believe the next level of PS3 hacking resides in mod chip, like the 360.
Either way though, I can't think of any reason lv0 key would be in any file but I guess you never know. Nobody would have expected Sony to use the same "random" key in their signing algorithm either, but as it turned out they did and all someone had to do was look.