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marcan_troll

Member Since 30 Sep 2009
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In Topic: HBC 1.0.8 crashes after IOS58 install

19 August 2010 - 03:51 PM

HBC only switches IOS when you reinstall it.

In Topic: HBC 1.0.8 Update

19 August 2010 - 03:48 PM

QUOTE(lulwut @ Aug 19 2010, 03:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE(marcan_troll @ Aug 19 2010, 06:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The console ID does not come from setting.txt.

should i spoil the fun about where the console ID is...?

This has been documented on Wiibrew at least as early as February 2009, so I'm not sure what there is to spoil.

In Topic: HBC 1.0.8 Update

19 August 2010 - 03:21 PM

The console ID does not come from setting.txt.

In Topic: HBC 1.0.8 Update

19 August 2010 - 02:44 PM

QUOTE(hdhacker @ Aug 19 2010, 02:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
One idea to obfuscate the ID would be to put it through a one way hash like SHA1.

I thought about this. It's useless because Console IDs are only 32 bits and thus you could trivially build rainbow tables or bruteforce any single ID.

QUOTE(hdhacker @ Aug 19 2010, 02:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
If there is more than one fixed serial number in a wii, that would raise the complexity of the hash so it couldn't be determined as easily. Maybe the ID plus the bytes where there are factory bad blocks on the NAND.

HBC can't access factory bad block data. We could try to hash in the MAC address or something like that, but Nintendo surely has a database of those too, so they'd still be able to build tables of hashes.

QUOTE(sk0ld @ Aug 19 2010, 02:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
choosing to play a game online

How is choosing to run HBC any less of your "choice"? Your console ID also gets sent out every time you check for firmware updates. And periodically if you have WC24 enabled.

In Topic: HBC 1.0.8 Update

19 August 2010 - 01:32 AM

The domain used for updates is hbc.hackmii.com, and you're seriously paranoid (not to mention you might miss out on a critical update sometime) if you really want to block it. But sure, that'll do it.


 
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