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A hacker using the alias of KaKaRoTo has released a set of tools allowing custom firmware to be installed and run on the PS3.
“Since the kernel is left unmodified,” writes KaKaRoTo on his blog, “this means that this custom firmware is really meant for future homebrew installation.”
As of now, it’s not currently possible to run homebrew software or backup copies of games. KaKaRoTo’s tools “will not allow piracy,” he said, adding that he “plans on keeping it that way.”
The tools require you to compile your own custom firmware, though no modified custom firmwares are currently in existence, and also to match the version to the current firmware running on your PS3.
This follows on from last week’s work by the fail0verflow team in breaking the PS3’s encryption keys, opening the floodgates to allow homebrew software (and likely allow pirated software) to be installed and run on the console.
We’re not nearly intelligent enough to be able to work out how much closer this makes real homebrew on the PS3, but we’re going to guess that it’s closer today than it was yesterday.
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