Firmware 3.56

idk if anyone other than myself has updated to this yet but i have and i think Sony released it because of the court case with GeoHots. since they just released 3.55 what a few months ago? so i'm jsut wondering what the Brew thinks about this. 9i posted here instead of General since this mainly relates to the PS3)

Its just a stalling measure to keep jailbroken consoles off PSN

Its the beginning of the cat and mouse game with sony.

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They did not release it because of this lawsuit. They released it to try to prevent homebrew. Of course, it was hacked within the first 24 hours of being released.

copied from nextgenupdate.com

Vagabundo posts:
Apparently, examination of the OFW has found a new feature that will allow Sony to download and run code when you login to PSN.

The code they can run is obviously to check for CFW or whatever, but the code could change to check for anything really.

And with the current state of PS3 security there is the possibility that others might be able to run their code on your PS3 without your knowledge.

I don't run CFW and I'm pretty pissed about this. What they are doing might be illegal in the EU.

Quote:
Originally Posted by N.A
For those who are curious about the new PS3 security, it seems Sony has implemented something in 3.56 I mentioned here a few weeks ago that is the same as Microsoft uses to detect and ban 360's.

Mathieulh just posted about it on IRC.

Essentially Sony can now remotely execute code on the PS3 as soon as you connect.

This can do whatever Sony wants it to do such as verifying system files or searching for homebrew. Sony can change the code and add new detection methods without any firmware updates and as the code executes remotely there is no reliable way to forge the replies.

Whilst it is possible to patch or remove this code from the firmware this will likely mean the end of playing CFW online (as PSN can just check before login that this is active) or at the very least mean it will be even easier for Sony to detect and ban users.

Judging from the fact that people can still connect using the proxy method it seems Sony hasn't activated any of this yet but the functions are there in the new firmware.
Quote:
Originally Posted by IRC
Jan 27 14:44:32 <Mathieulh> 3.56 has nice new stuffs in there

Jan 27 14:44:43 <Mathieulh> like remote code execution upon login

Jan 27 14:44:45 <Sorrowuk> They will just release patches so people who have hacked cant go online

Jan 27 14:44:46 <Mathieulh> yummy

Jan 27 14:44:50 <noone> WAT

Jan 27 14:45:00 <noone> RFE built-in the fw!?

Jan 27 14:45:25 <Mathieulh> 3.56 pretty much has a built in psn rootkit

Jan 27 14:45:30 <noone> dude, that's the only stuff i'd be afraid of

Jan 27 14:45:31 <Mathieulh> don't tell me I haven't warned you

Jan 27 14:45:43 <Sorrowuk> psn rootkit ?

Jan 27 14:46:05 <noone> but if we could rip-off the fw that sh*t would be erased

Jan 27 14:46:20 <noone> that was the only thing stopped sony to _auto_ update your fw

Jan 27 14:46:22 <Mathieulh> noone it's not that simple

Jan 27 14:46:29 <Mathieulh> the server awaits a proper reply

Jan 27 14:46:34 <Mathieulh> and that reply isn't in the firmware

It seems that cfw 3.56 is still a long way off yet as Sony has implemented some new features in ofw 3.56 that the dev's are having some trouble with. Also i think they are waiting on the lawsuits to be decided as well.