More Details from 23c3: Next-gen homebrew

23C3 is more of a hackers mecca than an ethical security conference. This year’s event took place in the Berliner’s Conference Center for four days.

On day two, legendary hacker Felix Domke gave a presentation about the current state of getting homebrew code on the Xb0x 360, the Wii and the PS3. Think of this as a more detailed update to that Linux on X360 report we told you some time ago.

Xbox 360
The presentation said that there are currently no known hacks of the Xbox 360. The only means for so far of getting your own code running on the Xbox is through XNA, something that isn’t really close to the homebrew you’re all used to due to distribution channels. At the moment the holy grail of console hacking is the 360.

Here’s where the rumors start. An anonymous hacker with his face completely concealed gave an unofficial 5min presentation featuring an XBox 360 booting up to a screen that had both a Penguin and an OS X logo next to the words “Coming soon”.

Will we see linux on the 360 in the future? From the looks of things, we’ll have to wait for a bit more details.

Wii
Despite there being two known backdoors (check out our read-link below for details on that) for running burnt GameCube and Wii games, you won’t be able to run homebrew code on the Wii because of all Wii games are specially encrypted and actually exchange keys between the disk and the DVD drive itself.

However, the speaker does note that since the Wiimote can be bought separately and it can be easily used with applications on the PC, the charm of the console, the Wiimote can be used on homebrew developed on the PC.

PS3
They say that the PS3 is open but not as much as it should be since under Linux a lot of the PS3’s resources can’t be accessed. They note that they hope that Sony lightens up and provides a homebrew development context that can compete with XNA.

The article had a fancy chart on the Wii vs. the PS3, but posting that here would be a bit flame-baity. For more details on the event, and the complete report, feel free to use our read-link below.

23C3 is more of a hackers mecca than an ethical security conference. This year’s event took place in the Berliner’s Conference Center for four days.

On day two, legendary hacker Felix Domke gave a presentation about the current state of getting homebrew code on the Xb0x 360, the Wii and the PS3. Think of this as a more detailed update to that Linux on X360 report we told you some time ago.

Xbox 360
The presentation said that there are currently no known hacks of the Xbox 360. The only means for so far of getting your own code running on the Xbox is through XNA, something that isn’t really close to the homebrew you’re all used to due to distribution channels. At the moment the holy grail of console hacking is the 360.

Here’s where the rumors start. An anonymous hacker with his face completely concealed gave an unofficial 5min presentation featuring an XBox 360 booting up to a screen that had both a Penguin and an OS X logo next to the words “Coming soon”.

Will we see linux on the 360 in the future? From the looks of things, we’ll have to wait for a bit more details.

Wii
Despite there being two known backdoors (check out our read-link below for details on that) for running burnt GameCube and Wii games, you won’t be able to run homebrew code on the Wii because of all Wii games are specially encrypted and actually exchange keys between the disk and the DVD drive itself.

However, the speaker does note that since the Wiimote can be bought separately and it can be easily used with applications on the PC, the charm of the console, the Wiimote can be used on homebrew developed on the PC.

PS3
They say that the PS3 is open but not as much as it should be since under Linux a lot of the PS3’s resources can’t be accessed. They note that they hope that Sony lightens up and provides a homebrew development context that can compete with XNA.

The article had a fancy chart on the Wii vs. the PS3, but posting that here would be a bit flame-baity. For more details on the event, and the complete report, feel free to use our read-link below.