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Naehrwert Brings Us HDD Decryption Through a PoC
Submitted by Christopher Groux; August 20, 2012
Most of the time when we hear about decryptions in the PS3 scene, it is likely that were probably talking about firmware dumping that allows us to play all of those great homrbrew titles. Still, theres a lot more hiding underneath the hood of the console that has yet to be tapped into.
Thanks to a new proof of concept released by famed coder Naehrwert we can now add decrypted hard drives to the PS3 hackable list.
So what would a decrypted hard drive mean to those interested? It would mean that you could network the contents of your hard drive to a myriad of other devices including (but not limited to) PCs. Basically as it stands right now, the reason our systems dont show up in something like Windows Network and Sharing Center is because the hardware itself is locked down to be viewable from those venues. Decrypting the drive would put an end to that restriction.
While Im not too much of a coder myself, this image supposedly clearly maps out how the hard drives inner workings are to be released. I would expect a full report on this in the coming days.
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Tags: hdd decryption, naehwert, PS3 Hacks
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It might even be the file system that has been decrypted ?
If it is the case, we 'll be able to have all our game on the USB formated with PS3 FS and then all the game (even files more the 4Gb) will work on external hard drive !! That would be awesome !
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Can't wait to play all those "homrbrew" titles XD
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I don't think that's what HDD decryption means. Accessing a network shared resource has nothing to do with decryting/encrypting data on a hard drive. For instance, on Windows Vista/7 Professional, you can use Bitlocker to encrypt your hard drive and turn on file/print sharing to allow client to access the data. Bitlocker makes it so that only that install of the OS can read the hard drive, whereas file/print sharing is a function of the OS granting network access to shared directories/files. The host OS is reading the hard drive, decrypting the data and then sending the file(s) out to clients on the network.
Now, take the encrypted hard drive and put it on another PC (or even the same PC but with a different OS or even a re-installed OS) and it will not be able to read the data because it is encrypted, that is unless you have the key (and the encryption algorithm) to decrypt it.
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