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  • Sony Blocks DNS Trick - Hackers Access to PSN Revoked

    In a crushing blow to hackers, Sony patched a well known trick, which hackers had been recently using on their modified consoles. The trick, which enabled online access for the hackers, involved changing your console's primary and secondary DNS servers to custom ones. Until now, this effectively blocked notifications received from Sony, ordering users to update their consoles. In addition, it restored PSN access to modified consoles and consoles which were on lower firmwares. Hackers are scrambling for a new work around, which they may or may not end up finding. In this latest move by Sony, hackers could see this as the end of PSN for good or at least the foreseeable future.

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    1. dulal's Avatar
      dulal -
      Quote Originally Posted by Lestat View Post
      "Until now, this [DNS trick] effectively blocked notifications received from Sony, ordering users to update their consoles. In addition, it restored PSN access to modified consoles and consoles which were on lower firmwares."

      You gotta read the whole story, not just one sentece.


      thank you so much for pointing that out in my last post i just said sorry and didnt tell that other guy or Lestat;19590 because i knew i would have to go to an crappy arguments and stuff but thank you
    1. TRONPS3's Avatar
      TRONPS3 -
      Damn. How long do you think it will take for somebody to get us back on-line? A week? A month?
    1. Play4me's Avatar
      Play4me -
      @feylito285
      we're alright and cool m8. This is the internet, we all have our own opinions and views. But we dont have to flames one another. One thing we all agree is that all this mega companies (Sony, Microsoft,Nintendo or Apple) dont care about its end users. the only thing they see is the $$ in front of them. I use to buy 20 to 30 games a year for difference consoles but now I have cut it down to half of it. Most of today's games are either crappy, buggy and rush out unfinished imho. The only developers I support and buy games from now are Rockstar, Bioware, Naughtydog,SquareEnix and Bethesda studios which I think still makes quality games.
    1. demos30-PSG's Avatar
      demos30-PSG -
      Quote Originally Posted by Play4me View Post
      After reading all this negative comments, I wish Sony will just ban all CFW consoles like M$ ban your x360 useless. One thing Sony do right is only force you to upgrade your console to its OFW in order to play PSN online , not like M$ banned you and force you to buy another console in other to play on LIVE and they even corrupted your harddrive, profile and saves.
      And I hope that one day Sony take over the world and then they come to you and rape your ass and make you into a little robot with wheels that wheelies around everywhere saying "Sony rules, Sony rules!"

      Never buying Sony again unless I can hack it and play it all for free! It's not over yet. We will be back.
    1. tranceonline-PSG's Avatar
      tranceonline-PSG -
      Does anyone of you ever heard of xlink kai for the xbox?
      It simulates a LAN for your console. It's like hamachi for pc Games. It makes a vpn over the internet but shared with thousands or other banned ppl. Because on the console you start LAN game and connect to other trough the internet. Only problem with some Games was, that the ping had to be low enuff or Games see the "lan ping" as to high and disconnect. This was the matter some years ago as I had my xbox and got banned. I don't know if they get this fixed or not. But this is an alternative.

      Second alternative: devs build in a fw spoof for future cfw.
    1. noriya's Avatar
      noriya -
      The things that we need to do is stop support ps3 stop use ps3.I think Sony is the best but now I stop want to buy ps3 and will buy xbox360 soon.
    1. jplacour21's Avatar
      jplacour21 -
      To clear this all up people that want to play online but are afraid of loosing your pirated games or games you backed up yourself don't worry you can update to 3.56 and be able to play online and once the 3.56 CFW comes out when you install it and get a backup manager that supports the 3.56 CFW and your backups will load right up.

      When you update it does not delete things off the HDD

      So if you really can't resist staying offline or you do not have another gaming console (XBOX 360) Then i would say update you will be just fine unless your the type that only play single player games which can get a bit boring I would have to say.
    1. reloaded231-PSG's Avatar
      reloaded231-PSG -
      what killed sony for me was sony first off they took from me i bought my ps3 over xbox360 cause i could use it as a computer as well and well they took it from me and dont care the final thing is sony thinks that they are WAY better then its users take a look around i have seen a few blogs where sony has been show there products to other big co.'s and when someone comes up thats not for the big co.'s that therer looking for they get told to buzz of just to put it nice and ps3 is by far NOT the king of gameing other wise they wouldnt bother haveing there games ported from the xbox360 dont get me wrong i love my ps3 but to say that its the best that way far out there and as psp2 and ps4 i dont think i will be getting them if sony could care less about its end users
    1. Chizzbo-PSG's Avatar
      Chizzbo-PSG -
      To be honest here, I don't hate Sony because of what they are doing. I find that their system is great and jailbreaking is just one of the best features any gaming console can have (backup manager/ otherOS/ Homebrew). I mean if Microsoft or Nintendo were in Sony's situation they would do exactly the same thing by stopping people hacking their product and getting away with it. After I jailbreaked my PS3, I had a second thought and said stuff it - I'm selling my Xbox 360 because I don't like it anymore and use the Playstation alot more. I got absolutely sick and tired of Microsoft charging me for everything and only the microsoft products are compatible with the xbox. Plus the other thing is that if you Jtag your Xbox, Microsoft can ban your console for life and make it unable to play online anymore therefore you will need to purchase another. So **** it, I'm staying with Sony!
    1. reloaded231-PSG's Avatar
      reloaded231-PSG -
      OtherOS is no longer on ANY system unless you have a jailbroken system so you cant say that the PS3 has you can say HAD otherOS and i paid the 700$ for my system to have otherOS and sony took it from me sure i had a choice to keep it but then i had to give up PSN so elither way i was going to lose something with that so does that give me the right to sue everyone at sony no do i blame sony for what there doin no but i do think that they are getting a little out of hand and if you ask me it should no longer be SCEA "sony computer entertainment america" and just SEA cause they took the computer part out of the PS3's
    1. Play4me's Avatar
      Play4me -
      @demos30

      Let me break down your post so maybe you'll be a little more educated, ok m8, here we go.

      And I hope that one day Sony take over the world and then they come to you and rape your ass and make you into a little robot with wheels that wheelies around everywhere saying "Sony rules, Sony rules!"
      Here's the problem, you dont wanted Sony to take over the world, thats a no-no. You see, if Sony takes over the world. The first thing they do is to hunt you down first because you play their games for free and refused to buy their products. So about the rape thing, I heard Japanese people can be very create with what they can with you anal. (Hentai anyone?)

      Never buying Sony again unless I can hack it and play it all for free!
      You cant hack shit, you cant even install Backup Manager correctly in other post. If you can Hack, why dont you do us a favor and make a 3.56 CFW or another DNS bypass? So leave the hacking to GeoHot and Failoverflow who actually has brain.

      It's not over yet. We will be back.
      Now thats a smart thing to say. Of cause we will be online sooner or later, Sony patched it, hackers hack it again. Cycle goes on. So be patient.

      God, this site needs a moderator real bad.
    1. TWITDADDY's Avatar
      TWITDADDY -
      Quote Originally Posted by Play4me View Post
      @demos30

      Let me break down your post so maybe you'll be a little more educated, ok m8, here we go.



      Here's the problem, you dont wanted Sony to take over the world, thats a no-no. You see, if Sony takes over the world. The first thing they do is to hunt you down first because you play their games for free and refused to buy their products. So about the rape thing, I heard Japanese people can be very create with what they can with you anal. (Hentai anyone?)



      You cant hack shit, you cant even install Backup Manager correctly in other post. If you can Hack, why dont you do us a favor and make a 3.56 CFW or another DNS bypass? So leave the hacking to GeoHot and Failoverflow who actually has brain.



      Now thats a smart thing to say. Of cause we will be online sooner or later, Sony patched it, hackers hack it again. Cycle goes on. So be patient.

      God, this site needs a moderator real bad.
      totally agree with that last part. theres way to many wannabe "hackers"ust because you install a pre made cfw for dummies does not make you a hacker.
    1. moditall-PSG's Avatar
      moditall-PSG -
      FIX FIX FIX !!!! YAY
      fresh off the press a new work around to trick the psn into thinking your on 3.56 while still using CFW 3.55 KMEAW

      http://www.ps3-hacks.com/2011/02/11/...ol::joystick1:
    1. MadnessImport's Avatar
      MadnessImport -
      Quote Originally Posted by moditall View Post
      FIX FIX FIX !!!! YAY
      fresh off the press a new work around to trick the psn into thinking your on 3.56 while still using CFW 3.55 KMEAW

      http://www.ps3-hacks.com/2011/02/11/...ol::joystick1:
      Thats NOT a fix thats a brick waiting to happen is to complicated for "Most people" and requires some proxy set up/ extra illegal action wit modding cert files

      its not like the old dns trick where you put in the numbers

      & This works on other cfw to to bad they dont mention that. dam run Lv2 crap is burning people brains
    1. perspex's Avatar
      perspex -
      Quote Originally Posted by moditall View Post
      FIX FIX FIX !!!! YAY
      fresh off the press a new work around to trick the psn into thinking your on 3.56 while still using CFW 3.55 KMEAW

      http://www.ps3-hacks.com/2011/02/11/...ol::joystick1:
      SUPER ASS COMPLEX...most of the people wont even know wtf is dis...rest will be too lazy to do this. The only good part with this is that since its so complex very few people will actually spend so much time on doing it..so getting caught by $ony will be smaller chance, but hey...$ony's a bad ass..wen they find u..it will b easier to screw ur case..cos its dere r jus a few people who can accomplish it.