Wii Internet Connection Reverse Engineered 166
AlexTheBeast writes "By packet sniffing his Wi-Fi connection, this hacker has already begun to dig into the internet interactions of the new Nintendo Wii. Basically, by using Firefox and after setting the user agent correctly, anybody can easily browse many WiiShop pages including the WiiShop main page and startup manual. More advanced connections including binary and virtual console downloads are currently in the works. Come join the project."
Roms! \o/ (Score:5, Interesting)
It seems like this system will be hacked rather easily.
Re:So ... What's next (Score:4, Interesting)
So in summery this isn't even remotely interesting. Go home script kiddies...and by home I mean digg! (Yes I do have the karma to burn.)
...Still four weeks till we get Wii's in Australia.
Re:So ... What's next (Score:3, Interesting)
I'm guessing this would allow you to create custom channels by returning whatever content you wanted to the Wii. Perhaps it might also bypassing the need to buy Opera, as it sounds like it's already built in.
Squid proxy = Homebrew injection (Score:5, Interesting)
By setting-up a squid proxy one could be able to make homebrews appear as games requiring 0 wii points before being sent to the wii, which will gladly accept it as a runnable executable!
Now we just have to reverse engineer the 'Virtual Game Console'. 100 say it will turn-out to be a Mame clone.
Can't wait till the Wii gets released in Europe. Oh my
Besides, we may even be able to stream a divx player using this technique.
Am I the only one who is impressed by..... (Score:5, Interesting)
Welcome to the New Console Hack-fest (Score:5, Interesting)
I really think the Wii and/or the PS3 are going to be hacked to death. They have browsers, neither are experienced here and with Sony in particular, the whole thing seems kinda....rushed(?). I mean, with the media they are fine - people won't be burning blu-ray cheap enough soon enough. One click pirated downloads would be even worse though...it would be much easier. Given the cost & market for the PS3, a hack like this would be instant death for developer support.
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Re:So when will the remote get hacked? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Roms! \o/ (Score:3, Interesting)
Basically, they're facing the exact same problem content providers are facing: you're trying to lock down content while at the same time giving the user the means to unlock it (so they can use it). And unless you can ensure the hardware is unhackable, this simply cannot work.
Re:Welcome to the New Console Hack-fest (Score:3, Interesting)
And I am sure their primary userbase is not the hacker that downloads from romhustler or priarrrbay but mom and dad that get out of work, turn on their Wii and choose the newly released game from the Wii Channel.
Where's the Opera browser download then? (Score:3, Interesting)
Has anyone done this for XBL or Sony's PNP yet? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Roms! \o/ (Score:2, Interesting)
The only issue might be the extra CPU involved in using SSL, but if they're going to be preventing loss of revenue I can see the accountants springing for the extra hardware