In Switch Hax Weekly 2 we noted that firmware and game updates had moved from the atum to the dauth servers, meaning that your console needs to be authenticated to download them. This meant that banned users would have to get updates from elsewhere than their own console.

Now it seems Nintendo has stepped up their security even further, verifying that your console actually owns the games before they can be downloaded. Certs that attempt to request game downloads that belong to consoles that don't own them will be banned immediately. This seems to only affect PC downloads for now, with private certs on FreeShop still working for the moment.

@everyone RIP all certs. Nintendo has finally implemented Dauth when downloading games, thus banning your cert the moment it detects your trying to get one you don't own. If you want games from this point on, you will have to use torrents made from CDNSP or ---. DO NOT test any certs from this point on, you'll have them insta-banned.

We are still not 100% sure it is dauth. From new information it is a might be a new token X-Nintendo-DenebEdgeToken More information soon.

Discussion thread here.

New information

So since the last thread was locked, a new development has been discovered. Turns out that the CDN server now only accepts requests for everything except system updates if you're on firmware 6.0 and the only way to be on firmware 6.0 without hacks is by going online and downloading the update. So until someone updates to firmware 6.0 officially and dumps their console's certificate, CDNSP is "dead".

6.0 seems to have introduced security similar to the 3DS: the servers know when a certificate is on the latest firmware and will immediately ban if it is found to be requesting anything other than system updates. The mechanism is unknown.

The certs that were banned instantly were not on 6.0.

 

[wurstpistole]

Phew. Rip Cdsnp, back to that black umbrella site

 

[KsAmJ]

RIP

btw i made a thread for the issue already on the gbatemp forum tracking the issue since beginning

https://gbatemp.net/threads/r-i-p-public-cdnsp-cert-as-nintendo-getting-better.515973/

 

[Wurstmann]

Took them long enough. You'd think this would be an easy fix. Now let's see if they are smart enough to include console IDs in the downloads of eshop games so they can backtrack pirated copies on the internet and go after the people that bought them and then published them. Looks like piracy might in the future only be a problem for cart releases.

 

[anhminh]

Now what? Are we back to the "rip rom from cart" era again?

 

[marazzmatika]

"that switch iso site"

 

[AmandaRose]

In Switch Hax Weekly 1 we noted that firmware and game updates had moved from the atum to the dauth servers, meaning that your console needs to be authenticated to download them. This meant that banned users would have to get updates from elsewhere than their own console.

Now it seems Nintendo has stepped up their security even further, verifying that your console actually owns the games before they can be downloaded. Certs that attempt to request game downloads that belong to consoles that don't own them will be banned immediately.





Discussion thread here.

I thought it was against site rules to fully post the name of that dark site? Lol just like how we can't fully name that iso site ect.

 

[nero99]

I thought it was against site rules to fully post the name of that dark site? Lol just like how we can't fully name that iso site ect.

Don’t you know that mods do what they want on here

 

[Quantumcat]

I thought it was against site rules to fully post the name of that dark site? Lol just like how we can't fully name that iso site ect.

Oops, thank you!

 

[Deleted User]

You forgot to mention that GaryDiaz was already working hard on emulating the certs.

 

[Quantumcat]

You forgot to mention that GaryDiaz was already working hard on emulating the certs.

Aren't certs signed? How does that work?

 

[wurstpistole]

You forgot to mention that GaryDiaz was already working hard on emulating the certs.

who?

 

[Clydefrosch]

i see, this is probably going to be a nightmare for getting updates, isn't it? or can those be dumped from a legit owner yet?

 

[Deleted User]

Aren't certs signed? How does that work?

who?

It was a running gag on discord >.<

 

[RayPanimals]

Works just fine on pc

 

[wurstpistole]

Works just fine on pc

Please, stop spreading bullshit - this will only lead to people requesting working files.
It does not work. I just tried.

 

[froggestspirit]

this affect 3ds? downloading updates will ban you?

 

[marazzmatika]

this affect 3ds? downloading updates will ban you?

How you download updates for 3DS? Is there any certificate capable NUS Downloader?

 

[wurstpistole]

this affect 3ds? downloading updates will ban you?

CDN downloading/freeshop has been dead for 3DS for months now.

 

[Quantumcat]

Further discussions to be had at https://gbatemp.net/threads/r-i-p-public-cdnsp-cert-as-nintendo-getting-better.515973/