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  • PS3 Internal HDD Encryption Disabled by Graf_Chokolo

      
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    The Central Scrutinizer
    Published on 03-20-2011 05:13 PM
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    Despite Graf_Chokolo's house being raided by police and a legal battle with Sony, he continues to release his PS3 discoveries. Today he has unveiled a very interesting aspect in PS3 development regarding PS3 hard drive encryption. His discovery is a method for disabling hard drive encryption, which would allow you to use your PS3's hard drive in any other PS3 console.

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    ps3dm-utils GIT repository: git://git.dukio.com/ps3dm-utils.git

    linux hv scripts GIT repository:     git://git.dukio.com/linux_hv_scripts.git

    Guys, take a look at “ps3dm_sm set_del_def_encdec_key” command. You can disable/enable virtual FLASH/internal HDD encryption with that And by patching HV process 9 (which sets ATA keys before loading GameOS) you can disable it permanently. It means you could swap your internal HDD and use it on another PS3. But you have to restore the content on it after disabling encryption because all data will be encrypted of course.

    Soon i will implement ENCDEC device driver for PS3 Linux and you will be able to experiment with ATA encryption. ENCDEC device is responsible for VFLASH/HDD encryption on PS3.

    For more details, see my HV page here: http://www.ps3devwiki.com/index.php?...se_Engineering

    And thanks to PS3 Linux fans who help me to test my ps3dm-utils Huge thanks to you guys. I can have fun with PS3 even without having one actually
    Source: PS3Crunch
    Categories:
    1. PS3 Dev
    2. Linux
    Comments 32 Comments
    1. ireggae-PSG's Avatar
      ireggae-PSG - 03-20-2011, 05:27 PM
      nice... This is what i wanted
    1. LionsFan420-PSG's Avatar
      LionsFan420-PSG - 03-20-2011, 05:31 PM
      Graf is the Man............
    1. One2thr456svn's Avatar
      One2thr456svn - 03-20-2011, 05:33 PM
      YESSSSS, This is what we need
    1. Thorn's Avatar
      Thorn - 03-20-2011, 05:33 PM
      **** YEAH hot swapping is no longer a dream
    1. KatyPerry's Avatar
      KatyPerry - 03-20-2011, 05:55 PM
      Nice,This could come in handy !
    1. Kingj13-PSG's Avatar
      Kingj13-PSG - 03-20-2011, 06:00 PM
      sounds kool, but i hav no 1 in close proximity to exchange with
    1. ShadowG-PSG's Avatar
      ShadowG-PSG - 03-20-2011, 06:20 PM
      he is really taking to the next level.
    1. Ranman's Avatar
      Ranman - 03-20-2011, 06:25 PM
      Graf is the only one doing anything half use full here...
    1. ShadowG-PSG's Avatar
      ShadowG-PSG - 03-20-2011, 06:35 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Ranman View Post
      Graf is the only one doing anything half use full here...
      I really disagree on that....

      Multi-man is updated twice a week, sometimes even more...
      there is a ps3 media center that just came out...
      naima cfm...
      ps3ita...
      tons of methods to by pass psn came out...
      and so many other stuff...

      things will go a little slower now that sony has made a "huge update" on the way things works on the ps3 and on the authentication... But sooner or later more wonderful stuff will come out.
    1. tariq786's Avatar
      tariq786 - 03-20-2011, 06:35 PM
      nice finally can do this to my ps3 hdds as i have 2 ps3's thanks
    1. hemmer's Avatar
      hemmer - 03-20-2011, 07:11 PM
      this is amazing and hope that things keep coming from graf... usage example:

      Ps3 at home on main tv, ps3 in bedroom, ps3 at work.... 1 hard drive 1tb in size for now holding all of your games/linux/videos/setting/gamesaves/ect

      Move hard drive from point a/b/c no need worry about not having your stuff with you no matter where you are or on top of that being able to bring your hard drive over to a friends house and having all of your stuff there with you to use on his ps3 system.
    1. ki11m3please's Avatar
      ki11m3please - 03-20-2011, 07:29 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by ShadowG View Post
      I really disagree on that....

      Multi-man is updated twice a week, sometimes even more...
      there is a ps3 media center that just came out...
      naima cfm...
      ps3ita...
      tons of methods to by pass psn came out...
      and so many other stuff...

      things will go a little slower now that sony has made a "huge update" on the way things works on the ps3 and on the authentication... But sooner or later more wonderful stuff will come out.
      i couldnt agree with you more. so much stuff has been coming out.
      but this new update wont stop us for long. the hackers/devs have sony's balls sitting in their hands lol
    1. Angel Diaz's Avatar
      Angel Diaz - 03-20-2011, 07:42 PM
      chokolo is the man...............
    1. ihaxgames-PSG's Avatar
      ihaxgames-PSG - 03-20-2011, 08:14 PM
      Balls of steel, nuff said
    1. darkshinobi's Avatar
      darkshinobi - 03-20-2011, 08:14 PM
      real nice. this i could use
    1. gaurangsaini's Avatar
      gaurangsaini - 03-20-2011, 10:55 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by hemmer View Post
      this is amazing and hope that things keep coming from graf... usage example:

      Ps3 at home on main tv, ps3 in bedroom, ps3 at work.... 1 hard drive 1tb in size for now holding all of your games/linux/videos/setting/gamesaves/ect

      Move hard drive from point a/b/c no need worry about not having your stuff with you no matter where you are or on top of that being able to bring your hard drive over to a friends house and having all of your stuff there with you to use on his ps3 system.
      even tho i'd love to live in such a scenario, i'm sad to say this ain't crossing the realms of wishful thinking!

      Sata data connectors have a connect/disconnect cycle of maximum 250 times. And this is in the post-2009 WD/Seagate 2.5 inchers...for the older ones, it's even lower

      You won't want a perfectly okay drive, full of your save games and 'backups', with a broken connector! After all, warranties only replace the hard drive...not your save games
    1. Thor107's Avatar
      Thor107 - 03-20-2011, 11:25 PM
      I know this is off topic but I switched my hardrive but my ps3 wouldn't let me backup my harddrive to my eternal (it would keep giving me errors) any idea of how to restore my game saves to the new drive? (I'm so close to beating dragon age 2)
    1. merkinmaker's Avatar
      merkinmaker - 03-20-2011, 11:42 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Thor107 View Post
      I know this is off topic but I switched my hardrive but my ps3 wouldn't let me backup my harddrive to my eternal (it would keep giving me errors) any idea of how to restore my game saves to the new drive? (I'm so close to beating dragon age 2)
      Off topic...yes. Perhaps you should start a thread. Advantages to starting your own thread include but are not limited to: 1.) Having your own thread 2.) Knowing exactly where answers and replies to the topic are (Not having to rummage through 200+ posts) 3.) Respect from others 4.) Faster answers

      On topic: Graf...You Go Girl!
    1. One2thr456svn's Avatar
      One2thr456svn - 03-20-2011, 11:48 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by merkinmaker View Post
      On topic: Graf...You Go Girl!
      Graf is a chick? then would "Balls of Steel" would that still apply?
    1. windi-PSG's Avatar
      windi-PSG - 03-21-2011, 01:14 AM
      It's great we got rid of yet another DRM feature that restricts the console. This might speed up things slightly even for just gaming, because there is always additional latency and CPU overhead involved with hard disk encryption. Sometimes it can even limit transfer speeds significantly. At least it becomes easier to just connect PS3 hard disk to a linux PC, mount the file systems and backup your game saves or transfer other files. I guess this could be already possible with unencrypted HDD because the file system and partition table drivers exist at least in the PS3 branch of Linux.
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