I realized that device.cert files can't actually be generated
I feel worse that I jumped to this conclusion that they can and spread it pretty quickly.
I am so sorry
But, that was from a Wii and not a Wii U.
The point is
that Wii certificates do work. Obviously, Nintendo wouldn't have an OpenSSL vulnerability exploited.
I'm assuming DSi certs work too, but we're not at that point in DSi hax yet.
But, this is still hope, because if you have a Wii, that means you can unban yourself, and pretty much everyone on the planet has a Wii.
Since this works with setting the platform ID to a Wii U, this means that there is a possibility that the cert is shared between the Wii U's regular mode and the vWii mode.
So
Since the Wii has no online services except for the Wii Shop Channel (let's face it, nobody uses it, and if you do care, you have a Wii U), once we get a method up to change DeviceID and Device-Cert, you can dump your Wii NAND in BootMii, extract it, get the Device-Cert and actually use it.
This doesn't really mean that all hope is lost, it just means I̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶n̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶p̶ ̶j̶u̶m̶p̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶c̶l̶u̶s̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶e̶l̶s̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶v̶e̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶h̶a̶p̶p̶e̶n̶.̶.̶ that it's just going to be a bit harder. MOST PROBABLY everyone here has a Wii, and dumping the device cert isn't much of a hassle or a risk.
Oh, and if you want to help me and PF2M in our Miiverse hax magic, you know who to contact.
In all seriousness, the worst that can happen is your Wii Shop Channel not working, if we even do get it banned, well, unless you dump it from a vWii, then your entire Wii U will be banned if we ban it if you give us your cert.. yeah.
Um.. yeah, really sorry for this.
But they are interchangable, that is right. Nintendo isn't always stupid, they're just trying.
And you know what? They fuckin' deserve it for even thinking console bans were a good idea!
But anyway, if
@Joom can actually modify DeviceID in ITCM and have it work, that would be great.
I can't find the signature at the bottom in ITCM, whereas I can find everything else in ITCM.