
The disk key in the BD drive's response is read from the original game disk in the BD drive. NoKeys cannot is unable to respond to the PS3's request for the disk key and instead, relies on thePS3's BD drive to respond.3K3y ISOs contain the game's disk key and 3Dump mode uses this information to reply to the PS3's request for the disk key. 3Dump mode is able to respond to the PS3's request for the disk key.If the PS3 cannot decrypt the data correctly you will see the 80010017 error just after the game starts.ģK3y can operate in one of two modes, 3Dump & NoKeys. The disk key is stored on the game disk and read by the PS3 when the game starts, without this key it is not possible to decrypt the game data. Region 2 (unencrypted): Contains the ps3update.pup.Region 1 (encrypted): Contains the game data.Region 0 (unencrypted): Contains the game icon & background image amongst other things.The key that is used to encrypt the odd regions is unique to that version of a game, it is the so called disk key, D1 or data 1. The regions are numbered from 0, even numbered regions (0,2,4 etc) are not encrypted, odd numbered regions (1,3,5 etc) are encrypted. Appendix A: Understanding PS3 Disk EncryptionĪ PS3 game disk is divided into three or more 'regions', the number of regions is always odd (i.e.
