Hacking 6.0 Master Keys?

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Does OFW 6.0 have different master keys that require you to be on that fw to play games that require it or would tinfoil still work with those games on fw 5.2? that is what i have an i don't want to update if i don't need to. for now it seems all games work but Smash Ultimate is sure to require 6.0 so i really want to know before its released.
 

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Does OFW 6.0 have different master keys that require you to be on that fw to play games that require it or would tinfoil still work with those games on fw 5.2? that is what i have an i don't want to update if i don't need to. for now it seems all games work but Smash Ultimate is sure to require 6.0 so i really want to know before its released.
Yes, firmware 6.0 introduced a new set of masterkeys (revision 5) however currently no game, update, or DLC is encrypted using this revision. There is no telling what future games will require until they're released so just wait until after they come out in order to verify the encryption used.
 

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hm...i wonder if some functionality can be added to tinfoil where you can install a certain master key if the switch is missing it without updating the ofw. then all you would need to do is just include the master key file
 

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Alternatively you can just extract the NCA files from whatever game you want to play, reencrypt them with the lowest masterkey revision, then launch the game. However when I tried doing this with the new Hacbrewpack, the ticket failed to install. Hacbrewpack may need an option to add a fake ticket for this to work properly.
 

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just search for skull & crossbones on maxconsole, and your dreams of new master keys will be fulfilled.

But most likely until physical game cartridge ships with 6.x firmware on it, they will not be used, all bets are on Smash on Dec. 7th to have them.
 
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i'm confused on how to do this. i went to that skull and crossbones thing and got this keys.dat. i know now its not needed but when the time comes what would i do with it? how would i add it to a nsp? will this also work with an xci or just nsp?
 

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You can run games on lower firmwares that have the same master keys as higher firmwares, by modyifing the nsps. For example a 5.1.0 game on 5.0.1
But there's no way ever that a 6.0.0 game runs on anything below 6.0.0, new keys.
Update, or create an updated Emunand as soon as that reliably works and play on that.
 

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You can run games on lower firmwares that have the same master keys as higher firmwares, by modyifing the nsps. For example a 5.1.0 game on 5.0.1
But there's no way ever that a 6.0.0 game runs on anything below 6.0.0, new keys.
Update, or create an updated Emunand as soon as that reliably works and play on that.
Okay but you didn't explain why.
 

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Okay but you didn't explain why.
Don't care, really. Won't work for the same reasons higher fw 3ds games didn't work on lower fw, higher fw ps4 games won't run on lower fw exploited ps4s.
I reckon that 5.1 simply can't decrypt 6.0 games no matter how many masterkeys you got. You having them doesn't mean you can feed them to 5.1 console. Gotta have 6.0 to run them.
 

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He's right. I managed to successfully decrypt and reencrypt Freedom Planet (a game using masterkey revision 4) and install in on my 4.1 console (masterkey revision 3) but the game would not load. Why? The .NSO file in the game is hardcoded to run on firmwares 5.0 and above meaning encryption is not the only thing stopping games from running on lower firmwares; you would have to make your own .NSO file for this game and all others to work on lower firmwares but this is virtually impossible since newer firmwares introduce key changes to Horizon which makes these games run in the first place. Firmware spoofing is likely never going to happen but this is hardly an issue as we can update without burning fuses using ChoiDujourNX.
 

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