Homebrew [33c3] Console Hacking 2016 (3DS/WiiU) talk Dec 27-30: smea, derrek, nedwill, naehrwert

[Blue]

so we will need a flashard to use the bootrom exploit, if released (?)

No, hardmod or arm9 exploit.

 

[hacksn5s4]

still sound hax is more exciteing

 

[Deleted User]

So sighax is useless for people without the dsiwares ?

 

[Blue]

So sighax is useless for people without the dsiwares ?

No for sighax you need a hardmod or arm9 exploit. It is better than A9LH.

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It's too early to know what will actually be done with it.

But 2 main things will probably come out of it:
A fully free "A9LH" that does not depend on a secondary exploit in N3DS kernels, OTP, or rewriting your secret sector
Prepatched kernels with CFW features, exciting as a technical achievement but not terribly practical compared with the flexibility and feature set of A9LH+CFW+other .bin homebrews

 

[hacksn5s4]

No for sighax you need a hardmod or arm9 exploit. It is better than A9LH.

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thing is hows luma ment to run on signhax

 

[Blue]

thing is hows luma ment to run on signhax

You do not need luma with sighax, or any CFW at all because signatures will be signed.

 

[hacksn5s4]

You do not need luma with sighax, or any CFW at all because signatures will be signed.

you kinda do or you can't do game patch features with luma or use any luma settings and what about updating your 3ds with sign hax you need a cfw so it does not patch every thing

 

[Blue]

or you can't do game patch features with luma or use any luma settings

Yeah, you can't it would be barebones with only signature patches.

Prepatched kernels with CFW features, exciting as a technical achievement but not terribly practical compared with the flexibility and feature set of A9LH+CFW+other .bin homebrews

 

[hacksn5s4]

thing is sound hax patchable are they going to bother patching that i don't think they have ever updated the sound app

 

[gkoelho]

Sighax is essentially a boothax, so you could have trully custom firmwares with maybe even custom calls. is like being able to install a brand new OS.

 

[gnmmarechal]

thing is sound hax patchable are they going to bother patching that i don't think they have ever updated the sound app

Stop. Starting. Sentences. By. "thing is". Please.

Sent from my cave of despair where I collect souls

 

[metroid maniac]

Sighax is essentially a boothax, so you could have trully custom firmwares with maybe even custom calls. is like being able to install a brand new OS.

All that stuff is possible anyway. Nobody wants to write an OS that nobody will use.

 

[gkoelho]

All that stuff is possible anyway. Nobody wants to write an OS that nobody will use.

Nobody will ever createg one, I'm aware of this. But now its possible to almost fully customize the existing one, change firmware checks and many cool stuff

 

[hacksn5s4]

Nobody will ever createg one, I'm aware of this. But now its possible to almost fully customize the existing one, change firmware checks and many cool stuff

will their be away to get rid of the eshop ban with it though

 

[metroid maniac]

Nobody will ever createg one, I'm aware of this. But now its possible to almost fully customize the existing one, change firmware checks and many cool stuff

No, nothing has changed. It has always been possible ever since the arm9 was pwned. Using sighax is no different to using a9lh, and it opens up no new possibilities. The only difference is that it's easier to install because it does not rely on the OTP hash for encrypting a arm9loader key.

 

[einhuman197]

Okay I've noticed something else. When you brick your bootrom , you can't recover it with a hardmod. Whew you brick with A9lh you can recover it with a hardmod. Even if we make a bootrom loader with external bootrom loaded, when the loader bricks we are screwed.

 

[umbjolt]

Are the slides uploaded on the Internet? I want to read again without watching the video again.

 

[metroid maniac]

Okay I've noticed something else. When you brick your bootrom , you can't recover it with a hardmod. Whew you brick with A9lh you can recover it with a hardmod. Even if we make a bootrom loader with external bootrom loaded, when the loader bricks we are screwed.

You can't "brick your bootrom". The bootrom is fixed in hardware.

 

[einhuman197]

You can't "brick your bootrom". The bootrom is fixed in hardware.

You can. We're modifying it with sighax so we can brick.

 

[metroid maniac]

You can. We're modifying it with sighax so we can brick.

sighax is a modification of the FIRM partition, which is the same place that arm9loaderhax is installed to. The bootrom isn't modified and cannot be modified.