Pirate group release Switch Master Key

Deleted-355425 · Feb 3, 2018

MK73DS said:
What does having this key actually do ?
Even if I feel like this is something big, I absolutely don't understand why...

Makes you feel like a big man for a bit.

MK73DS · Feb 3, 2018

mech said:
Makes you feel like a big man for a bit.

So ... is this useless ? (at least for now ?)

Deleted-355425 · Feb 3, 2018

MK73DS said:
So ... is this useless ? (at least for now ?)

To us end user's at the moment yeah.

MK73DS · Feb 3, 2018

mech said:
To us end user's at the moment yeah.

Okay, thank you

SciresM · Feb 3, 2018

mech said:
To us end user's at the moment yeah.

I mean, people can dump the firmware archive from their 1.0-2.3 console with pegaswitch, decrypt TrustZone using the key team xecutor leaked, obtain all 1.0-2.3 TrustZone keydata, use that to decrypt the Kernel and FIRM sysmodules, and get the NCA keyseeds out of FS.

One could then insert that keydata into hactool and decrypt 1.0-2.3 NCAs.

GSFanatic · Feb 3, 2018

Yep, pretty much what the simple user can't do.

MK73DS · Feb 3, 2018

GSFanatic said:
Yep, pretty much what the simple user can't do.

Exactly what I was thinking ! XD

TheGreek Boy · Feb 3, 2018

i have 3.0.0 if i had 2.3 i would have tried that

Sephirosu · Feb 3, 2018

It's not only that simple users can't follow up those steps but rather that the game catalog is limited from 1 to 2.3. This is a problem that has been talked about before. With just 1 - 2.3 keys we can't touch future content (as far as I know). Thank God for trustzonepwn thou~

YugamiSekai · Feb 3, 2018

Can I just say that I love BigBlueBox

TheGreek Boy · Feb 3, 2018

kprovost7314 said:
Can I just say that I love BigBlueBox

me too

Dominator211 · Feb 3, 2018

T-hug said:
Both.

HAHA i wasnt trying to be a dick. i was just voicing the opinion

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FAST6191 said:
If we are doing code silliness

It is more that this is not the first time GBAtemp has reported on something of interest but still of a somewhat dubious nature. A gentle reminder then lessens the need for a cleanup and reduces chances of a letter from a law firm landing in Costello's postbox, all while the products of said news can be discussed and everybody but the incapable of searching (which also in this case likely means incapable of doing anything cool with it) is happy.

i am not going to question why Costello would be responsible for something someone else did but OK whatever u say

FAST6191 · Feb 4, 2018

Dominator211 said:
i am not going to question why Costello would be responsible for something someone else did but OK whatever u say

While it is a good defence in court the owner of the site bears some responsibility for the content on it. If legal notices start to fly then GBAtemp gets to retain a lawyer (a very expensive hobby) if it plans to go at all well -- trying to fumble your way through the legal system as a lay person is not a good plan at all.
It would not be so bad if it was "[this url] has [this quote] which we hold contravenes [this law], please remove it within 48 hours of getting this" but when such things might also contain "please send us the information of the poster, please adjust your filters to remove it, any subsequent postings of [this quote] will be treated as non compliance" it gets tricky. How much of it holds up in court is a different matter (not to mention we don't even know what court -- the servers and domain are in France and Costello is not, if the offending poster was in the US then what happens then?) but to even get there you are looking at hundreds and maybe thousands, all of which could be spent on bounties, servers, contests, review items, sending people to events and whatnot.

Short version is you never ever want to deal with lawyers beyond getting one to check over a contract you are about to sign. If possible then take steps to avoid interactions with them. The removal of keys and notices about things are some of those steps.

Dominator211 · Feb 4, 2018

FAST6191 said:
While it is a good defence in court the owner of the site bears some responsibility for the content on it. If legal notices start to fly then GBAtemp gets to retain a lawyer (a very expensive hobby) if it plans to go at all well -- trying to fumble your way through the legal system as a lay person is not a good plan at all.
It would not be so bad if it was "[this url] has [this quote] which we hold contravenes [this law], please remove it within 48 hours of getting this" but when such things might also contain "please send us the information of the poster, please adjust your filters to remove it, any subsequent postings of [this quote] will be treated as non compliance" it gets tricky. How much of it holds up in court is a different matter (not to mention we don't even know what court -- the servers and domain are in France and Costello is not, if the offending poster was in the US then what happens then?) but to even get there you are looking at hundreds and maybe thousands, all of which could be spent on bounties, servers, contests, review items, sending people to events and whatnot.

Short version is you never ever want to deal with lawyers beyond getting one to check over a contract you are about to sign. If possible then take steps to avoid interactions with them. The removal of keys and notices about things are some of those steps.

i totally agree with you.

AzizR · Feb 4, 2018

SciresM said:
I mean, people can dump the firmware archive from their 1.0-2.3 console with pegaswitch, decrypt TrustZone using the key team xecutor leaked, obtain all 1.0-2.3 TrustZone keydata, use that to decrypt the Kernel and FIRM sysmodules, and get the NCA keyseeds out of FS.

One could then insert that keydata into hactool and decrypt 1.0-2.3 NCAs.

How can I run pegaswitch in FW 1.0 ?
Do i need Puyo-Puyo Tetris the Japanese version to open the browser, or is there a different way?

Arithmatics · Feb 4, 2018

Question: where would one start in order to look into this key a little deeper. So I have it now. where do I start unlocking?

Deleted User · Feb 4, 2018

Arithmatics said:
Question: where would one start in order to look into this key a little deeper. So I have it now. where do I start unlocking?

I don't think there's really anything you can do with it just yet.

Thelonewolf88 · Feb 4, 2018

Rfire said:
It's no matter since only people with access to scene topsites can get the uncensored NFO. Google has scrubbed the key from all search results, and all NFO mirrors have scrubbed the NFO as well. Looks like the key is gone.

Not on the darkweb its not.

paulttt · Feb 4, 2018

Thelonewolf88 said:
Not on the darkweb its not.

Easy as pie to find on the web in general.

"Scene Warez Group BigBlueBox is again 'leaking' keys for Nintendo Switch, previously in their 50th Warez Release"
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Google is your friend.

FAST6191 · Feb 4, 2018

Tomato Hentai said:
I don't think there's really anything you can do with it just yet.

If SciresM's tool https://github.com/SciresM/hactool does what it claims then you can possibly poke around inside some ROMs, not sure about firmware blobs but maybe those too, and rip some assets and otherwise figure some stuff out.
Don't know if we have a minimum firmware versions for games either.

Here is the equivalent thread from when something similar happened for the Wii
https://gbatemp.net/threads/wii-decryption-tool-released.72013/

Guide to basic ROM hacking
https://gbatemp.net/threads/gbatemp-rom-hacking-documentation-project-new-2016-edition-out.73394/
http://www.romhacking.net/start/
As programmers don't like reinventing the wheel I imagine many of the archive formats will be similar to what we have seen on everything from the DS, GC, Wii, 3ds and Wii U for years. Indeed looking at the command options on the link above I am reminded heavily of the 3ds.
DS covered in my link above, though for a basic intro http://www.romhacking.net/documents/469/ is good.
GC has some stuff http://hitmen.c02.at/files/yagcd/yagcd/frames.html and so will the various people playing with Mario Kart.
Wii is similar enough to the GC for a lot of things but again mario kart, smash brothers and the like usually generate quite a bit. http://wiki.tockdom.com/wiki/Main_Page
3ds I did not follow but there is the 3ds Every File Explorer program which should get you somewhere as far as what to look for. https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-every-file-explorer.373615/ and source code thereof https://github.com/Gericom/EveryFileExplorer

I don't know what the 2d graphics formats and 3d textures will be in this system but you might be able to slap tileggd http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/646/ or crystaltile2 https://filetrip.net/nds-downloads/utilities/download-crystaltile2-2010-09-06-f23649.html (tileggd uses generic graphics terms but there is nothing stopping you from being in CT2 trying to display switch files in say SNES graphics format as it is just a named way someone once displayed graphics) hard enough that it displays something.

Earlier I linked https://www.dragonflycave.com/mechanics/gen-i-capturing as an example of something you might generate something similar for. I would hate to have to do such a thing with just static analysis and not even a memory viewer (we do have the layout http://switchbrew.org/index.php?title=Memory_layout at least) but it could be done. I don't know what you might be able to with a decompiler but that could also be an option.

If I can clear some hard drive space I might see about playing with all this later, but that might be easier said than done for me right now. Even a basic file name/magic stamp list right now would help. If someone wants to post a screenshot of a decrypted file in a hex editor then there are plenty of people that might offer a useful opinion on it floating around the forums.

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