Firmware 2.80 Says No to Hackers
Firmware 2.80 wasn’t the PS Cloud rumor, but rather an update that kept the PS3 unhacked.
A recent hack, Open Remote Play, allowed you to access your PS3 through a cell phone, laptop, or desktop via Remote Play. The latest update prevents you from taking advantage of this hack. Dashhacker had this to say about the latest PS3 firmware update:
As some of you may already know, Sony has blocked Open Remote Play as of PS3 firmware v2.80, June 24th. At this time, ORP will no longer work for longer than about 30 – 60 seconds. I’ve only looked at the problem for a few minutes but it seems that they’ve “poisoned” the video stream by some means rather than changing the keys or cryptography. I’ll study what they’ve done and patch FFmpeg within the next… week? month? Not too sure how long it’ll be before I can undo Sony’s greedy brain damage. I’ll post any progress here as I muddle through it.
Sony has done everything in its power to prevent the PS3 from suffering the same fate as the PSP did due to rampant hacking. Hopefully the features made available by this hack will come to the PS3 in a future firmware update.
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June 24th, 2009 at 11:12 PM
sony:1 hackers:0
June 24th, 2009 at 11:36 PM
If Sony produces and App. Store similar to what they have for the iPhone then hacking could be a thing of the past and new apps could be approved by Sony and then added to the Store for download and the PS3/PSP could have better experiences down the road…
June 24th, 2009 at 11:56 PM
An App. Store is a great idea.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:30 AM
I found it insanely ironic that this “hacker” calls out Sony’s “greedy brain damage.”
June 25th, 2009 at 2:54 AM
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June 25th, 2009 at 3:05 AM
That dude must be a genius.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:54 AM
Why did I only find out about Open Remote Play AFTER it’s been patched up?
Hope to see official PC/PS3/PSP functionality expanded soon…
June 25th, 2009 at 10:38 AM
【PS3】システムソフトウェア バージョン 2.80 アップデート【うｐ】…
PS3のシステムソフトウェアの2.80へのアップデートが
ｷﾃﾀﾜ━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━ !!
さっそく帰ってきてうｐ
で内容だけど
「一部のPLAYSTATION3規格ソフトウェアにおいて、動…
June 25th, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Come on Sony. Whip up a PS3 VNC server for us – that would kick ass.
November 13th, 2009 at 11:56 PM
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