Should you have 200 some odd PS3s lying around the ol’ homestead, you may as well link those bad boys together, setup shop, and forge some trusted SSL certificates… That’s what a team of researchers from the U.S., Switzerland, and the Netherlands successfully pulled off using a large PlayStation 3 cluster. They plan to detail their technique at the 25th Chaos Communication Congress (25C3) in Berlin today.
At issue is the crypto technology used to ensure visitors to Amazon.com, for example, are actually connected to the online retailer and not to a fake site erected by a fraudster. That assurance comes from a digital certificate that’s vouched for and digitally signed by a trusted authority like Verisign. The certificate is transmitted to a user’s browser and automatically verified during SSL connections — the high-security web links heralded by a locked-padlock icon in the browser.
Key to the signing process is a so-called hash function — an algorithm that turns a digital file into a small fingerprint of a fixed size. To prevent forgery, the hash function must make it practically impossible for anyone to create two files that will boil down to the same hash.
- source / full article: blog.wired.com
Whether you’ve just cracked open that virgin PS3 this morning, or you’ve been using and abusing that beautiful piece of hardware since day one, you need a quality media server that isn’t troublesome or a headache-inducing annoyance… That’s when this cross-platform Java written PS3 Media Server comes into the picture.
PS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant UPNP Media Server for the PS3, written in Java, with the purpose of streaming or transcoding any kind of media files, with minimum configuration. It’s backed up with the powerful Mplayer/FFmpeg packages.
PS3 Media Server features:
Windows only:
Ed even says it streams MKV’s with ease.
Now, because this project is likely to be updated frequently, I’ll link you to the Google Code page for all available downloads.
Download: PS3 Media Server (via Google Code)
We at PS3-Hacks would like to wish you all Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, happy Kwanzaa, and happy New Year!
Hope you all have a wonderful time!
- the Dashhacks Network
Detailed in a lengthy post over at StreetskaterFU’s blog are potential vulnerabilities discovered with the way Home operates…
For example: using an apache web server with simple dns redirection, it’s said you could possibly customize the various Home environments, changing videos, posters, text, etc. These customizations would only be visible to you, unless of course, others are using the rigged name server.
The other supposed vulnerabilities — downloading, uploading, or deleting any file from the Home server — seem implausible as they can only be achieved by real time packet manipulation; and again, that’s according to StreetskaterFU. Who knows what security Sony has actually implemented “behind the scenes.”
So keep in mind, while technically this could all be possible; it goes untested and should be considered speculation. Really, it’s completely theoretical.
- source: streetskaterfu
Update: Well, get this nonsense — Home only allows 32 members per Club. Say what? C’mon Sony… Smarten up… With that said, and the comment left by Ryu, you probably already know — the Dashhacks Club is at full capacity.
Lets hope Sony increases that or removes that limitation altogether. Man, what a head shaker.
Now that you’re all settled, you should probably consider joining the coolest and most privileged club on Home — the Dashhacks Club. Search for “Dashhacks” and apply to join. See you around.
Updated 08/12/11:
It’s available now; log in and make yourself at Home.
Posted 08/12/10:
Tomorrow those arcade machines, pool tables, and bowling lanes are going to be packed busy. No longer will you — yeah, you with the closed beta invite — be the cool one from your inner circle of [real life] friends. Sony is opening their Home to the PS3 public — new features, new mini-games, new content — all freshly prepped for tomorrow’s Open House.
…PlayStation Home will enter into open beta, and will be available to everyone tomorrow. This milestone represents the very beginning of a long journey together, as PlayStation Home is an ever evolving, always changing, organic experience — full of new friends to meet, new events to enjoy, and new content to explore.
- source: blog.us.playstation.com
Fire up your stations; Sony has released PS3 firmware 2.53. Reported via PlayStation.Blog are the following features:
…we’re improving the way the Flash Player works with the internet browser. In addition to being able to access more sites using Flash, you’ll be able to enjoy:
- Full-screen mode playability
- Live movie (using RTMP format) playability
Download: PS3 Firmware Update 2.53
