The PS3 Root Key!


Booyah! The keys needed to fully unlock the PS3. Thanks to geohot for the keys (and of course fail0verflow for their hacks) and everyone else who emailed in.

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

- source: geohot

your welcome! Indeed good news!

ccool beana

I grant you all keys to the city of the PS3! Now lets get that Custom Firmware DONE!!!

We are seriously shitting our pants right now..... DAMN YOU GEOHOT, THAT 60Million dollar bribe was supposed to shut you the fuck up!!!!!!!!!

swry for the noob question but, how do we use this??

lol @ the "60 million dollar bribe" now just time to sign our code lol. But what sony can do is correct the mistake in future firmwares by correcting that so called "epic fail" in which they mistakenly provided a way to get the asymmetric root key to the ps3. They may allow all previous games to run, but will most likely change the master key to the ps3 in future firmware update and correct their mistake. This will in turn allow future games/software to use the new master key and for all of us who might want to play the 'new' games will be forced to update our firmware in order to play it due to the new key which older firmware revisions won't recognize. iono lol i'm talking out of my arse!!

changing the key in a future firmware is absolutely useless. all we have to do is sign our own code that decrypts anything encrypted with the new key.

but how would one decrypt new firmwares if sony signs and encrypts them with a new master key and algorithms. To decrypt something one would need to know the encryption key to decrypt it and if sony changes that in new firmwares then we wouldn't be able to. Yes we can decrypt up 3.55 as of now, but what does the future hold in store? Sony can grab every file of every game produced so far run MD5 algorithms and load the hashes in newer firmware updates to allow the older games to run WITHOUT the risk of the actual files on the games being modified in anyway. It's to my understanding that if one changes a file in anyway, then the MD hash also changes. They can use the MD5 hashes as a 'check' in order to see if the files are still original. I maybe completely wrong here, I am a biologist going to pharmacy school. :P

That's not necessarily true, SONY will come to terms with the fact they've lost half the battle, and will have no option but to accept that all games to date can be subject to Jailbreak, and will most likely up their impetus on banning consoles from online play, though with a new root key we simply can't just decrypt a whole new security pass, Similar work would be need to be done again by Hackers, though with a method established, it really would be another cat and mouse with various minor updates.That being said - As of Firmware 3.5 and below - We have won the war.

... No. Once your entire security system has been thoroughly destroyed, there is absolutely nothing (in principle) you can do to prevent someone from circumventing any future changes you make.

sony give you an option to update firmware it is not mandatory. they cannot just change code and stop people playing older titles on older master key. new systems will have to have new and old keys to play all titles.seriously the ps3 is hacked and sony would sell more units if it stays hacked for good.

now...please tell what to do with this and HOW to do it.thanks

duh you just enter the keys into your ps3 through the gaia manager and wham you no longer need to jailbreak... lol jk just jerk it and let the devs handle this

lmao jesus speaks the truth once more

Hello everyone. I wanted to thank all those involved in this project. Now that Linux comes back to the PS3.

I'm not 100% sure, but with this, cfw is not necessary, the whole point of cfw is to run unsigned code, with this, you can sign the code, so you just leave your ps3 as normal.I'm sure someone is going to just sign backup manager and you'll be able to run it without the jailbreak.

Well, as we type some schmuck is being walked into the SONY boardroom and is currently being told he's sacked....Awesome! Now for the real fun to start happening!

lol Sony lost the war against hackers. Poor Sony xD

THANKS GEOHOT nice job

so i guess we are able to play backups in the next weeks/months on firmware 3.50 without a jailbreak? that would be awesome.

I just want to use my ps3 as an good internet browsing device.Is that so bad sony?You are going to sue me for that...Now you deserve that hack...

Hello all!!First the iDevices and Now the PS3 console. He deserve credits, Geohot is working like a mad man for free and no one see it. Thanks for the hard work.AttYowy777

that's great newsi'm on firm.. 3.55 :/for how long am i doomed to wait?

the final step for the PlayStation 3 hack indeed

We got something up our sleeves don't worry about it. You don't really think Geohot just at random came up with those keys do you..?

Stop impersonating Sony. They would NEVER comment here.

Then why are you doing it?

(I'm the third but original sony) BECAUSE WE ARE ALL DOING IT!!!!

lol @ the sony wannabe! heh, Fuck Sony, Ms, Nintendo and Apple! they all deserve everything they had coming to them! like bushing and marcan said, you should keep your consoles open to homebrew and or linux and shit will be left alone!

What do i do with this key do i put the codes of this into my ipod through hex codes?

anybody asking how to use these codes is a fucking idiot. these code are for devs only, they are useless to me and you.the only reason we need to know about these is so we know to expect more homebrew advances in the coming months.

urm ok then im a fucking idiot? doubt that but its a question i did not know dont shit your pants

What do I do with this? lol We just wait for an advanced back up manager now ?

P.S.:If you didnt realised its a joke and did it then just ... LOL

HAHAH sony, your consoles now suck.Eat that

this is probably the best news ill hear for this whole year. i cant wait to play emulators and even use some really cool apps for my ps3. just imagine what will be possible on this machine. does anyone know if the custom firmware installation will be similar to the psp method?

even if they change the keys in the future unless they make the old keys not be able to be used from programs on the hdd then their is no way for them to stop us, they cant tell what program is our and which is theirs (aka a demo vs a signed emulator) without having you conect to the internet and verify the program before execution...

Dear Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo,I have ALL of your consoles hacked. Suck my dick. Good day. Sincerely, Johnny Blaze Leader of the Wolfpac "Wolfpac 4 Life!"

About this root key and your claims that Sony will fix it, my mom used to tell me a phrase that best describes this:"Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot."or in this case:"Make it hack-proof and someone will make a better hacker."If we've learned anything, nothing is impossible. Now, here comes the fun stuff!

IF THE PS3 WAS MADE BY MAN, THEN IT SHALL BE HACKED BY MAN!!!!

IVE GOT A NEW CHALLENGE FOR GEOHOT. PLEASE OH PLEASE HACK NAGRA 3. IM WANTING CABLE TV BACK ON MY PC

at the 27c3 they said the bootldr and metldr are UNPATCHABLE! sorry to burst sony's ass kissers bubbles! but sony is fucked! and they deserve everything they got coming, along with the other consoles...

Now this is just a theory but, what is stopping sony from putting firmware updates on their games and forcing people to update. That way if they did change the code it wouldn't matter bc with the new games you would be forced to go to it. Kinda like how the nintendo wii has firmware updates on the dvd

metldr is unlocked sony can't change that in future firmwares. appldr they can and various other keys. but once we have the root (metldr) you can get the rest.so basically there's nothing that can be done to prevent this.

people, sorry, I'm new and just bought a PS3. how can I use the keys to hack it, like, where do I put'em?

So how exactly do i put this onto my playstation?

You put the keys in between 2 slices of bread, don't forget the butter and salami and insert it into the PS3's tray. Just kidding....We are just end users, wait a week or 2 for the homebrew devs to come up with something.

Why do I keep replying to myself!? AAARGH!!!

Props to GeoHot <3 Let the custom firmware age begin!

Umm... firmware checks look at >= if you sign a firmware called 9.9 or whatever, then you pass the check and the game plays

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