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meta:faq [2017/05/12 13:55]
sirocyl FAQ revamp.
meta:faq [2017/06/10 01:10] (current)
sirocyl Add information about 2.1-2.3 Pegaswitch.
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 ===== Will ReSwitched help me hack my console so I can get free games? ===== ===== Will ReSwitched help me hack my console so I can get free games? =====
-**Absolutely not.** As stated on our [[start|homepage]],​ ReSwitched does **not** support piracy in any way, shape or form. ReSwitched will attempt to ensure that our exploits allow homebrew while preventing piracy.+**Absolutely not.** As stated on our [[:start|homepage]],​ ReSwitched does **not** support piracy in any way, shape or form.
  
 ===== Is ReSwitched working on/with "​new"​ firmwares? ===== ===== Is ReSwitched working on/with "​new"​ firmwares? =====
-=== (aka "Do you have secret exploits that you're not telling us about?) === +=== (aka "Do you have secret exploits that you're not telling us about?") === 
-tl;dr: Not yet. //Honest.//+<del>tl;dr: Not yet. //​Honest.//</​del>​ We have secret exploits; None that we're not telling you about. //Honest.//
  
-ReSwitched is currently using PegaSwitch for escalated vulnerability research, which targets System Software 2.0.+ReSwitched is currently using [[hacking:​tools:​pegaswitch|PegaSwitch]] for escalated vulnerability research, which targets ​[[software/​os_updates#​changes_in_system_version_200|System Software 2.0]].
 Unfortunately,​ consoles with this particular revision aren't common, and there'​s no current known entrypoint on launch firmware, 1.0. Unfortunately,​ consoles with this particular revision aren't common, and there'​s no current known entrypoint on launch firmware, 1.0.
  
-While finding vulnerabilities on current and future firmware revisions is important, writing an exploit on a version where we have a suitable entrypoint and vulnerabilities (as is the case with Pegaswitch, 2.0) will enable us to find vulnerabilities on, and write exploits for, current and later versions easier.+Internally, PegaSwitch runs on [[software/​os_updates#​changes_in_system_version_210|System Software 2.1]], [[software/​os_updates#​changes_in_system_version_220|2.2]] and [[software/​os_updates#​changes_in_system_version_230|2.3]],​ as well. These builds are not planned to be released, due to the use of unpublished browser vulnerabilities,​ until these vulnerabilities are patched or published. 
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 +To reiterate: Internally, what we have currently, enable running the same old Pegaswitch, on 2.1 through 2.3. They do not escalate beyond the browser. 
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 +While finding ​[[hacking:​vulnerabilities:​start|vulnerabilities]] on current and future ​[[software:​os_updates|firmware revisions]] is important, writing an exploit on [[software/​os_updates#​changes_in_system_version_200|a version]] where we have a suitable ​[[hacking:​tools:​pegaswitch|entrypoint]] and [[hacking:vulnerabilities:​webkit:​cve-2016-4657|vulnerabilities]] ​(as is the case with Pegaswitch, 2.0-2.3) will enable us to find vulnerabilities on, and write exploits for, current and later versions easier.
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