AFAIK it's not possible to downgrade a super-slim, period. To downgrade you need to set the QA flag and you need a full CFW to set that flag, and super-slim doesn't support CFW. Best to just get a 2nd hand phat or early-model slim for ~$100 and keep the super-slim for PSN.
Sounds like a "we do what we must because we can" project. Would be cool to show off (and it also means that you could MITM and install possibly malicious firmware if someone's trying to update from 3.55 or lower), but probably not practical cause it's a lot more complicated than just buying a $5 USB disk.
By the way does it mean the update is pulled by HTTP? Cause I'd assume they use HTTPS and obviously you can't add your own CA certificates to a PS3 with OFW, so I'm really not sure a proxy would work.
The pup files are hosted on http, even when downloaded through the official site on a browser.
So basically you say that if someone connects their PS3 to your malicious Wi-Fi and happen to be currently running 3.55 or lower you can push whatever modified firmware you want (which may or may not include malware) and they won't have a clue.
I meant suppose I were "evil" and wanted to install malware on my neighbor's PS3 without them knowing
"Evil" is a very strong word for such shenanigans.. lolI meant suppose I were "evil" and wanted to install malware on my neighbor's PS3 without them knowing
There are ways around that. The easiest would probably be to configure the DNS service running on your router to return a fake IP address for ps3.update.playstation.net,redirecting it to a malicious server. Alternatively you can configure the router to hijack all connections to specific IP addresses and redirect them to you or even use a transparent proxy. You can even do this on a home router using 3rd party firmware.
