The following assumes you’re technically inclined and/or very resourceful, i.e. you know how to use Google. You’ll likely need to reference Google when it comes to generating/signing a certificate and creating a CA (certification authority). That said lets get started; here we’re using a combination of two tactics:
DNS server trick: Set Primary DNS to 67.202.81.137 under Network Settings
Simple SSL proxy that basically modifies the headers for outgoing packets to auth.np.ac.playstation.net’s to change “PS3 03.55″ to “PS3 03.56″ — this makes PSN believe the PS3 is using the proper firmware version
Got it? Now here is how we accomplish tactic #2:
Replacing a SSL cert in the CFW (in /dev_flash/data/cert) with your own CA SSL certificate
Creating an SSL certificate for “auth.np.ac.playstation.net” signed with your CA certificate
Run a DNS server on your machine that resolves auth.np.ac.playstation.net to your PC’s internal IP
Create a Java SSL proxy (basically PS3 <-> PC <-> PSN). The PC claims (to the PS3) that it is “auth.np.ac.playstation.net” and is successfully accepted because a CA signed the SSL certificate
Replace the headers sent PS3 -> PSN to specify “PS3 03.56″
ChrisTechTV (if it works) they’ll need you for this one man!
Good luck! Let us know how it goes.






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