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|-
 
|-
 
| 0x00030000
 
| 0x00030000
−
| UnregisterStorage
+
| [[BOSS:UnregisterStorage|UnregisterStorage]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x00040000
 
| 0x00040000
−
| GetTaskStorageInfo
+
| GetStorageInfo
 +
|-
 +
| 0x00050042
 +
| RegisterPrivateRootCa
 +
|-
 +
| 0x00060084
 +
| RegisterPrivateClientCert <nowiki>(u32 Size0, u32 Size1, ((Size0<<4) | 10), Buf0, ((Size1<<4) | 10), Buf1)</nowiki> This writes the content of the input buffers into files "bossdb:/%s_CL" and "bossdb:/%s_CLK", where "%s" is generated from the programID.
 +
|-
 +
| 0x00070000
 +
| GetNewArrivalFlag
 +
|-
 +
| 0x00080002
 +
| [[BOSS:RegisterNewArrivalEvent|RegisterNewArrivalEvent]]: Used for sending a handle. This is used with a table of programIDs etc with a maximum of 5 entries.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x00090040
 
| 0x00090040
−
| SetOptoutFlag
+
| [[BOSS:SetOptoutFlag|SetOptoutFlag]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x000A0000
 
| 0x000A0000
−
| GetOptoutFlag
+
| [[BOSS:GetOptoutFlag|GetOptoutFlag]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x000B00C2
 
| 0x000B00C2
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|-
 
|-
 
| 0x000D0082
 
| 0x000D0082
−
| ReconfigureTask
+
| [[BOSSU:ReconfigureTask|ReconfigureTask]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x000E0000
 
| 0x000E0000
−
| GetTaskIdList
+
| [[BOSSU:GetTaskIdList|GetTaskIdList]]
 +
|-
 +
| 0x000F0042
 +
| GetStepIdList
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x00100102
 
| 0x00100102
−
| GetNsDataIdList
+
| [[BOSSU:GetNsDataIdList|GetNsDataIdList]]
 +
|-
 +
| 0x00110102
 +
| [[BOSS:GetNsDataIdList1|GetNsDataIdList1]]
 +
|-
 +
| 0x00120102
 +
| [[BOSS:GetNsDataIdList2|GetNsDataIdList2]]
 +
|-
 +
| 0x00130102
 +
| [[BOSS:GetNsDataIdList3|GetNsDataIdList3]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x00140082
 
| 0x00140082
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|-
 
|-
 
| 0x00150042
 
| 0x00150042
−
| SendPropertyHandle
+
| [[BOSSU:SendPropertyHandle|SendPropertyHandle]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x00160082
 
| 0x00160082
 
| [[BOSSU:ReceiveProperty|ReceiveProperty]]
 
| [[BOSSU:ReceiveProperty|ReceiveProperty]]
 +
|-
 +
| 0x00170082
 +
| UpdateTaskInterval
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x00180082
 
| 0x00180082
 
| UpdateTaskCount
 
| UpdateTaskCount
 +
|-
 +
| 0x00190042
 +
| GetTaskInterval
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x001A0042
 
| 0x001A0042
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|-
 
|-
 
| 0x001C0042
 
| 0x001C0042
−
| StartTask
+
| [[BOSSU:StartTask|StartTask]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x001D0042
 
| 0x001D0042
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|-
 
|-
 
| 0x001F0000
 
| 0x001F0000
−
| GetTaskFinishHandle
+
| [[BOSS:GetTaskFinishHandle|GetTaskFinishHandle]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x00200082
 
| 0x00200082
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| 0x00210042
 
| 0x00210042
 
| GetTaskResult
 
| GetTaskResult
 +
|-
 +
| 0x00220042
 +
| GetTaskCommErrorCode
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x002300C2
 
| 0x002300C2
 
| GetTaskStatus
 
| GetTaskStatus
 +
|-
 +
| 0x00240082
 +
| GetTaskError
 +
|-
 +
| 0x00250082
 +
| GetTaskInfo
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x00260040
 
| 0x00260040
−
| DeleteNsData
+
| [[BOSS:DeleteNsData|DeleteNsData]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x002700C2
 
| 0x002700C2
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| [[BOSSU:ReadNsData|ReadNsData]]
 
| [[BOSSU:ReadNsData|ReadNsData]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 0x002D0040
+
| 0x00290080
−
| unknown...
+
| SetNsDataAdditionalInfo
 +
|-
 +
| 0x002A0040
 +
| GetNsDataAdditionalInfo. Writes an output u32 to cmdreply[2].
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x002B0080
 
| 0x002B0080
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| 0x002C0040
 
| 0x002C0040
 
| GetNsDataNewFlag
 
| GetNsDataNewFlag
 +
|-
 +
| 0x002D0040
 +
| GetNsDataLastUpdate (u32 NsDataId) Writes an output u64 to cmdreply[2-3], from the content file in extdata.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x002E0040
 
| 0x002E0040
−
| GetErrorCode
+
| [[BOSS:GetErrorCode|GetErrorCode]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x002F0140
 
| 0x002F0140
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|-
 
|-
 
| 0x00300000
 
| 0x00300000
−
| unknown...
+
| GetStorageEntryInfo
 +
|-
 +
| 0x00310100
 +
| SetStorageOption
 +
|-
 +
| 0x00320000
 +
| GetStorageOption
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x00330042
 
| 0x00330042
−
| StartBgImmediate
+
| [[BOSS:StartBgImmediate|StartBgImmediate]]
 +
|-
 +
| 0x00340042
 +
| [[BOSS:GetTaskProperty0|GetTaskProperty0]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x003500C2
 
| 0x003500C2
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|-
 
|-
 
| 0x00360084
 
| 0x00360084
−
| unknown...
+
| SetTaskQuery <nowiki>(u32 TaskID_Size, u32 BufSize, ((TaskID_Size<<4) | 10), TaskID_buf, ((BufSize<<4) | 10), Buf)</nowiki> BufSize must match 0x60.
 +
|-
 +
| 0x00370084
 +
| GetTaskQuery <nowiki>(u32 TaskID_Size, u32 BufSize, ((TaskID_Size<<4) | 10), TaskID_buf, ((BufSize<<4) | 10), Buf)</nowiki> BufSize must match 0x60.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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!  Command Header
 
!  Command Header
 
!  Description
 
!  Description
 +
|-
 +
| 0x04010082
 +
| [[BOSSP:InitializeSessionPrivileged|InitializeSessionPrivileged]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x04040080
 
| 0x04040080
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|-
 
|-
 
| 0x040D0182
 
| 0x040D0182
−
| unknown...
+
| [[BOSSP:GetNsDataIdListPrivileged|GetNsDataIdListPrivileged]]
 +
|-
 +
| 0x040E0182
 +
| [[BOSSP:GetNsDataIdListPrivileged1|GetNsDataIdListPrivileged1]]
 +
|-
 +
| 0x04130082
 +
| [[BOSSP:SendPropertyPrivileged|SendPropertyPrivileged]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x041500C0
 
| 0x041500C0
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| 0x045500C2
 
| 0x045500C2
 
| unknown...
 
| unknown...
 +
|-
 +
| 0x04580104
 +
| ?
 
|}
 
|}
  
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When Home Menu loads the SpotPass [[CBMD]] with [[Extended_Banner]], it uses bossP command 0x040D0182 first. Then it uses GetNsDataHeaderInfoPrivileged, then ReadNsDataPrivileged for loading the actual banner data.
 
When Home Menu loads the SpotPass [[CBMD]] with [[Extended_Banner]], it uses bossP command 0x040D0182 first. Then it uses GetNsDataHeaderInfoPrivileged, then ReadNsDataPrivileged for loading the actual banner data.
  
−
==BOSS TaskIDs==
+
==BOSS Service "boss:M"==
−
This is a 8-byte buffer containing a string(normally including NUL-terminator).
+
 
 +
==programIDs==
 +
BOSS uses programIDs raw without any handling for the New3DS programID-low bitmask. For example, attempting a NsDataId listing with the New3DS bitmask set will fail, if BOSS is only setup for that programID with the New3DS bitmask clear.
 +
 
 +
When [[BOSSU:InitializeSession|initializing]] BOSS with the default programID, the New3DS programID-low bitmask is always clear for New3DS titles since that's how it was originally registered with [[Filesystem_services|FS]]. Hence, the programID in the [[SpotPass|BOSS-container]] must always have the New3DS bitmask clear. This also means everything using the BOSSP commands with the raw programIDs loaded from AM title-listing are broken with New3DS titles, for example [[Extended_Banner]].
 +
 
 +
==Content Data Storage==
 +
SpotPass content for each application is stored under the extdata specified by [[BOSS:SetStorageInfo]]. Certain commands verify that the PID associated with the current service session has access to the specified extdata by using [[FS:CheckAuthorityToAccessExtSaveData]], returning an error on failure. This basically renders SpotPass unusable under user-processes(when initialized under those processes) which don't have access to any SD extdata(unless NAND extdata is used instead).
 +
 
 +
All of these commands using [[FS:CheckAuthorityToAccessExtSaveData]] are: [[BOSS:SetStorageInfo]] and RegisterStorageEntry, for both BOSSU and BOSSP.
 +
 
 +
BOSS-container content is stored in the extdata registered for the programID specified in the BOSS-container, what task it's associated with / what title registered it is irrelevant with BOSS-container data storage.
 +
 
 +
==Custom SpotPass content==
 +
SpotPass supports raw content download without using the encrypted+signed SpotPass container(raw content is used by [[Home Menu]] SpotPass VersionList for example). However, this is incompatible with the data-loading method used with SpotPass-container content(NsData commands can't be used with it).
 +
 
 +
When writing the raw content, it firsts deletes and creates the "<taskID>" file under the data-storage extdata with normal extdata(not the separate boss archive). Once successful, the final filename specified by the task config will be deleted if needed, then the "<taskID>" file will be renamed to the final filename. Afterwards, the user-process can access the final file just like any other extdata file.
 +
 
 +
For using custom content with the SpotPass container(like official titles), the only known ways to do so is: "CFW" / ARM11-kernelhax with the sigchecks for this patched, or some sort of BOSS-sysmodule exploit if there's any vulns to begin with.
 +
 
 +
==HTTP upload==
 +
SpotPass tasks can be used for uploading data via HTTP POST. The exact method varies, but the main one is a [[HTTPC:SendPOSTDataRawTimeout|raw]] POST.
 +
 
 +
The content data is loaded from the following path: snprintf(outpath, outpathsize, "%s/%s%02x.up", archivepath, taskidstr_probably, unk);
 +
 
 +
The archivepath can be either "bossdb:"(BOSS-sysmodule NAND savedata) or the content-data-storage extdata. Certain other paths in the BOSS savedata can be used too.
 +
 
 +
==BOSS Tasks==
 +
The TaskID is a 8-byte buffer containing a string including NUL-terminator(taskIDs are compared with: strncmp(str0, str1, 7)).
 +
 
 +
When disabling SpotPass, applications use [[BOSSU:CancelTask]] then [[BOSSU:UnregisterTask]], to delete each task.
 +
 
 +
Each process can only access tasks which it created, not other processes' tasks(even when using bossP with [[BOSSP:InitializeSessionPrivileged|init_programID]]=0).
 +
 
 +
After registration, tasks will not automatically run until they are started using one of the start-task commands.
 +
 
 +
==NsDataId==
 +
This is an u32 ID for SpotPass content, used with the NsData service commands etc.
  
 
==NsDataHeaderInfo==
 
==NsDataHeaderInfo==
 +
When the input type is not one of the below or when the specified output size doesn't match the expected size for this type, an error is returned.
 +
 +
===Type0===
 +
Total size is 0x8-bytes.
 +
 +
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
 +
|-
 +
!  Offset
 +
!  Size
 +
!  Description
 +
|-
 +
| 0x0
 +
| 0x8
 +
| programID
 +
|}
 +
 +
===Type1===
 +
Total size is 0x4-bytes.
 +
 +
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
 +
|-
 +
!  Offset
 +
!  Size
 +
!  Description
 +
|-
 +
| 0x0
 +
| 0x4
 +
| ?
 +
|}
 +
 +
===Type2===
 +
Total size is 0x4-bytes.
 +
 +
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
 +
|-
 +
!  Offset
 +
!  Size
 +
!  Description
 +
|-
 +
| 0x0
 +
| 0x4
 +
| Content data-type, originally from the [[SpotPass|BOSS-container]].
 +
|}
 +
 
===Type3===
 
===Type3===
 
Total size is 0x4-bytes.
 
Total size is 0x4-bytes.
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| 0x4
 
| 0x4
 
| Content size
 
| Content size
 +
|}
 +
 +
===Type4===
 +
Total size is 0x4-bytes.
 +
 +
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
 +
|-
 +
!  Offset
 +
!  Size
 +
!  Description
 +
|-
 +
| 0x0
 +
| 0x4
 +
| ?
 
|}
 
|}
  
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| 0x0
 
| 0x0
 
| 0x8
 
| 0x8
−
| programID
+
| programID. Same data as Type0.
 +
|-
 +
| 0x8
 +
| 0x4
 +
| Same data as Type1.
 +
|-
 +
| 0xC
 +
| 0x4
 +
| ?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x10
 +
| 0x4
 +
| Same data as Type3.
 +
|-
 +
| 0x14
 +
| 0xC
 +
| ?
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
==PropertyIDs==
 +
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
 +
|-
 +
!  ID
 +
!  Size
 +
!  Description
 +
|-
 +
| 0x0
 +
| 0x1
 +
| Unknown. Example values used by official titles: 0x7D, 0xAA, ...
 +
|-
 +
| 0x1
 +
| 0x1
 +
| Unknown. Usually 0x1?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x2
 +
| 0x4
 +
| Unknown. Usually 0x0?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x3
 +
| 0x4
 +
| Interval in seconds.
 +
|-
 +
| 0x4
 +
| 0x4
 +
| Duration(?), ~0 = infinite. 0x1 can be used for running the task just once. Usually set to 0x64(100). When not set to ~0 this is decreased by 1 each time the task runs(or at least when it fails). Task processing is skipped when the current state value is already 0x0.
 +
|-
 +
| 0x5
 +
| 0x1
 +
| Unknown. Usually 0x2?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x6
 +
| 0x1
 +
| ?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x7
 +
| 0x200
 +
| URL
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x8
 
| 0x8
 +
| 0x4
 +
| ?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x9
 +
| 0x1
 +
| ?
 +
|-
 +
| 0xA
 +
| 0x100
 +
| ?
 +
|-
 +
| 0xB
 +
| 0x200
 +
| ?
 +
|-
 +
| 0xC
 +
|
 +
| [[BOSSU:SendPropertyHandle]] is used for this. This property is only setup for HTTP uploads? This can be used with [[BOSSU:SendProperty]] too but that's not the intended use.
 +
|-
 +
| 0xD
 +
| 0x360
 +
| Contains additional HTTP headers to send in the request, otherwise this is all-zero. This is an array of 3 entries: +0x0 size 0x20 is the header name, and +0x20 size 0x100 is the header value. Example: header-name "Content-Type" at 0x0, with header-value "application/octet-stream" at offset 0x20.
 +
|-
 +
| 0xE
 +
| 0x4
 +
| This u32 is passed directly as an u32 certID for [[HTTPC:SetClientCertDefault]](without masking to u8), even when this field is set to 0.
 +
|-
 +
| 0xF
 +
| 0xC
 +
| 3 words. Last word is unknown, normally 0(non-zero doesn't seem to affect any HTTPC commands). [[HTTPC:AddDefaultCert]] is called twice for each of the first two words which are used as certIDs(not masked to u8).
 +
|-
 +
| 0x10
 +
| 0x1
 +
| When non-zero this enables loading the client cert+privk from FS, requires the filepaths to be actually set.
 +
|-
 +
| 0x11
 +
| 0x1
 +
| When non-zero this enables loading a trusted rootCA cert DER from FS, requires the filepath to be actually set.
 +
|-
 +
| 0x12
 +
| 0x1
 +
| ?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x13
 +
| 0x4
 +
| ?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x14
 +
| 0x4
 +
| ?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x15
 +
| 0x40
 +
| ?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x16
 +
| 0x4
 +
| ?
 +
|-
 
| 0x18
 
| 0x18
 +
| 0x1
 
| ?
 
| ?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x19
 +
| 0x1
 +
| ?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x1A
 +
| 0x1
 +
| ?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x1B
 +
| 0x4
 +
| ?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x1C
 +
| 0x4
 +
| ?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x35
 +
| 0x2
 +
| u16 total_tasks. [[BOSSU:GetTaskIdList]] is used before [[BOSSU:ReceiveProperty|reading]] this.
 +
|-
 +
| 0x36
 +
| 0x400
 +
| List of TaskIDs. [[BOSSU:GetTaskIdList]] is used before [[BOSSU:ReceiveProperty|reading]] this.
 +
|-
 +
| 0x3B
 +
| 0x4
 +
| ?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x3E
 +
| 0x200
 +
| ?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x3F
 +
| 0x1
 +
| ?
 +
|}
 +
 +
The only valid PropertyIDs for [[BOSSU:SendProperty]] are the ones listed above, except 0x35 and 0x36. If the specified size for the command is larger than the property size, it will use the actual property size instead. When the specified size is less than the actual property size, all of the property data that won't be written to is cleared.
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 +
==TaskStatus==
 +
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
 +
|-
 +
!  Value
 +
!  Description
 +
|-
 +
| 0x0
 +
| Last task run was successful?
 +
|-
 +
| 0x2
 +
| Task started.
 +
|-
 +
| 0x5
 +
| Task not started(also the initial state immediately after task creation).
 +
|-
 +
| 0x6
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
 +
| 0x7
 +
| Task processing failed(such as network error).
 +
|}
 +
 +
This u8 is returned by [[BOSSU:GetTaskState]].
 +
 +
==Errors==
 +
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
 +
|-
 +
!  Error-code
 +
!  Description
 +
|-
 +
| 0xC8A0F833
 +
| taskID not found.
 +
|-
 +
| 0xC8A0F836
 +
| taskID already exists, for task creation.
 +
|-
 +
| 0xC8A0F842
 +
| The specified programID is not setup for BOSS.
 +
|-
 +
| 0xC8A0F843
 +
| The specified NsDataId was not found.
 
|}
 
|}
 +
 +
[[Category:Services]]

Latest revision as of 21:41, 29 October 2024

BOSS Service "boss:U"[edit]

Command Header Description
0x00010082 InitializeSession
0x00020100 SetStorageInfo
0x00030000 UnregisterStorage
0x00040000 GetStorageInfo
0x00050042 RegisterPrivateRootCa
0x00060084 RegisterPrivateClientCert (u32 Size0, u32 Size1, ((Size0<<4) | 10), Buf0, ((Size1<<4) | 10), Buf1) This writes the content of the input buffers into files "bossdb:/%s_CL" and "bossdb:/%s_CLK", where "%s" is generated from the programID.
0x00070000 GetNewArrivalFlag
0x00080002 RegisterNewArrivalEvent: Used for sending a handle. This is used with a table of programIDs etc with a maximum of 5 entries.
0x00090040 SetOptoutFlag
0x000A0000 GetOptoutFlag
0x000B00C2 RegisterTask
0x000C0082 UnregisterTask
0x000D0082 ReconfigureTask
0x000E0000 GetTaskIdList
0x000F0042 GetStepIdList
0x00100102 GetNsDataIdList
0x00110102 GetNsDataIdList1
0x00120102 GetNsDataIdList2
0x00130102 GetNsDataIdList3
0x00140082 SendProperty
0x00150042 SendPropertyHandle
0x00160082 ReceiveProperty
0x00170082 UpdateTaskInterval
0x00180082 UpdateTaskCount
0x00190042 GetTaskInterval
0x001A0042 GetTaskCount
0x001B0042 GetTaskServiceStatus
0x001C0042 StartTask
0x001D0042 StartTaskImmediate
0x001E0042 CancelTask
0x001F0000 GetTaskFinishHandle
0x00200082 GetTaskState
0x00210042 GetTaskResult
0x00220042 GetTaskCommErrorCode
0x002300C2 GetTaskStatus
0x00240082 GetTaskError
0x00250082 GetTaskInfo
0x00260040 DeleteNsData
0x002700C2 GetNsDataHeaderInfo
0x00280102 ReadNsData
0x00290080 SetNsDataAdditionalInfo
0x002A0040 GetNsDataAdditionalInfo. Writes an output u32 to cmdreply[2].
0x002B0080 SetNsDataNewFlag
0x002C0040 GetNsDataNewFlag
0x002D0040 GetNsDataLastUpdate (u32 NsDataId) Writes an output u64 to cmdreply[2-3], from the content file in extdata.
0x002E0040 GetErrorCode
0x002F0140 RegisterStorageEntry
0x00300000 GetStorageEntryInfo
0x00310100 SetStorageOption
0x00320000 GetStorageOption
0x00330042 StartBgImmediate
0x00340042 GetTaskProperty0
0x003500C2 RegisterImmediateTask
0x00360084 SetTaskQuery (u32 TaskID_Size, u32 BufSize, ((TaskID_Size<<4) | 10), TaskID_buf, ((BufSize<<4) | 10), Buf) BufSize must match 0x60.
0x00370084 GetTaskQuery (u32 TaskID_Size, u32 BufSize, ((TaskID_Size<<4) | 10), TaskID_buf, ((BufSize<<4) | 10), Buf) BufSize must match 0x60.

Privileged BOSS Service "boss:P"[edit]

Command Header Description
0x04010082 InitializeSessionPrivileged
0x04040080 GetAppNewFlag
0x040500C0 unknown...
0x040600C0 unknown...
0x04070080 unknown...
0x04090102 unknown...
0x040B0080 unknown...
0x040D0182 GetNsDataIdListPrivileged
0x040E0182 GetNsDataIdListPrivileged1
0x04130082 SendPropertyPrivileged
0x041500C0 DeleteNsDataPrivileged
0x04160142 GetNsDataHeaderInfoPrivileged
0x04170182 ReadNsDataPrivileged
0x041A0100 SetNsDataNewFlagPrivileged
0x041B00C0 GetNsDataNewFlagPrivileged
0x041C00C0 unknown...
0x042E00C2 unknown...
0x042F00C2 unknown...
0x043000C2 unknown...
0x04490142 unknown...
0x044A0180 unknown...
0x044D0080 unknown...
0x04500102 unknown...
0x04540102 unknown...
0x045500C2 unknown...
0x04580104 ?

boss:P also contains all of the commands from boss:U.

When Home Menu loads the SpotPass CBMD with Extended_Banner, it uses bossP command 0x040D0182 first. Then it uses GetNsDataHeaderInfoPrivileged, then ReadNsDataPrivileged for loading the actual banner data.

BOSS Service "boss:M"[edit]

programIDs[edit]

BOSS uses programIDs raw without any handling for the New3DS programID-low bitmask. For example, attempting a NsDataId listing with the New3DS bitmask set will fail, if BOSS is only setup for that programID with the New3DS bitmask clear.

When initializing BOSS with the default programID, the New3DS programID-low bitmask is always clear for New3DS titles since that's how it was originally registered with FS. Hence, the programID in the BOSS-container must always have the New3DS bitmask clear. This also means everything using the BOSSP commands with the raw programIDs loaded from AM title-listing are broken with New3DS titles, for example Extended_Banner.

Content Data Storage[edit]

SpotPass content for each application is stored under the extdata specified by BOSS:SetStorageInfo. Certain commands verify that the PID associated with the current service session has access to the specified extdata by using FS:CheckAuthorityToAccessExtSaveData, returning an error on failure. This basically renders SpotPass unusable under user-processes(when initialized under those processes) which don't have access to any SD extdata(unless NAND extdata is used instead).

All of these commands using FS:CheckAuthorityToAccessExtSaveData are: BOSS:SetStorageInfo and RegisterStorageEntry, for both BOSSU and BOSSP.

BOSS-container content is stored in the extdata registered for the programID specified in the BOSS-container, what task it's associated with / what title registered it is irrelevant with BOSS-container data storage.

Custom SpotPass content[edit]

SpotPass supports raw content download without using the encrypted+signed SpotPass container(raw content is used by Home Menu SpotPass VersionList for example). However, this is incompatible with the data-loading method used with SpotPass-container content(NsData commands can't be used with it).

When writing the raw content, it firsts deletes and creates the "<taskID>" file under the data-storage extdata with normal extdata(not the separate boss archive). Once successful, the final filename specified by the task config will be deleted if needed, then the "<taskID>" file will be renamed to the final filename. Afterwards, the user-process can access the final file just like any other extdata file.

For using custom content with the SpotPass container(like official titles), the only known ways to do so is: "CFW" / ARM11-kernelhax with the sigchecks for this patched, or some sort of BOSS-sysmodule exploit if there's any vulns to begin with.

HTTP upload[edit]

SpotPass tasks can be used for uploading data via HTTP POST. The exact method varies, but the main one is a raw POST.

The content data is loaded from the following path: snprintf(outpath, outpathsize, "%s/%s%02x.up", archivepath, taskidstr_probably, unk);

The archivepath can be either "bossdb:"(BOSS-sysmodule NAND savedata) or the content-data-storage extdata. Certain other paths in the BOSS savedata can be used too.

BOSS Tasks[edit]

The TaskID is a 8-byte buffer containing a string including NUL-terminator(taskIDs are compared with: strncmp(str0, str1, 7)).

When disabling SpotPass, applications use BOSSU:CancelTask then BOSSU:UnregisterTask, to delete each task.

Each process can only access tasks which it created, not other processes' tasks(even when using bossP with init_programID=0).

After registration, tasks will not automatically run until they are started using one of the start-task commands.

NsDataId[edit]

This is an u32 ID for SpotPass content, used with the NsData service commands etc.

NsDataHeaderInfo[edit]

When the input type is not one of the below or when the specified output size doesn't match the expected size for this type, an error is returned.

Type0[edit]

Total size is 0x8-bytes.

Offset Size Description
0x0 0x8 programID

Type1[edit]

Total size is 0x4-bytes.

Offset Size Description
0x0 0x4 ?

Type2[edit]

Total size is 0x4-bytes.

Offset Size Description
0x0 0x4 Content data-type, originally from the BOSS-container.

Type3[edit]

Total size is 0x4-bytes.

Offset Size Description
0x0 0x4 Content size

Type4[edit]

Total size is 0x4-bytes.

Offset Size Description
0x0 0x4 ?

Type5[edit]

Total size is 0x4-bytes.

Offset Size Description
0x0 0x4 ?

Type6[edit]

Total size is 0x20-bytes.

Offset Size Description
0x0 0x8 programID. Same data as Type0.
0x8 0x4 Same data as Type1.
0xC 0x4 ?
0x10 0x4 Same data as Type3.
0x14 0xC ?

PropertyIDs[edit]

ID Size Description
0x0 0x1 Unknown. Example values used by official titles: 0x7D, 0xAA, ...
0x1 0x1 Unknown. Usually 0x1?
0x2 0x4 Unknown. Usually 0x0?
0x3 0x4 Interval in seconds.
0x4 0x4 Duration(?), ~0 = infinite. 0x1 can be used for running the task just once. Usually set to 0x64(100). When not set to ~0 this is decreased by 1 each time the task runs(or at least when it fails). Task processing is skipped when the current state value is already 0x0.
0x5 0x1 Unknown. Usually 0x2?
0x6 0x1 ?
0x7 0x200 URL
0x8 0x4 ?
0x9 0x1 ?
0xA 0x100 ?
0xB 0x200 ?
0xC BOSSU:SendPropertyHandle is used for this. This property is only setup for HTTP uploads? This can be used with BOSSU:SendProperty too but that's not the intended use.
0xD 0x360 Contains additional HTTP headers to send in the request, otherwise this is all-zero. This is an array of 3 entries: +0x0 size 0x20 is the header name, and +0x20 size 0x100 is the header value. Example: header-name "Content-Type" at 0x0, with header-value "application/octet-stream" at offset 0x20.
0xE 0x4 This u32 is passed directly as an u32 certID for HTTPC:SetClientCertDefault(without masking to u8), even when this field is set to 0.
0xF 0xC 3 words. Last word is unknown, normally 0(non-zero doesn't seem to affect any HTTPC commands). HTTPC:AddDefaultCert is called twice for each of the first two words which are used as certIDs(not masked to u8).
0x10 0x1 When non-zero this enables loading the client cert+privk from FS, requires the filepaths to be actually set.
0x11 0x1 When non-zero this enables loading a trusted rootCA cert DER from FS, requires the filepath to be actually set.
0x12 0x1 ?
0x13 0x4 ?
0x14 0x4 ?
0x15 0x40 ?
0x16 0x4 ?
0x18 0x1 ?
0x19 0x1 ?
0x1A 0x1 ?
0x1B 0x4 ?
0x1C 0x4 ?
0x35 0x2 u16 total_tasks. BOSSU:GetTaskIdList is used before reading this.
0x36 0x400 List of TaskIDs. BOSSU:GetTaskIdList is used before reading this.
0x3B 0x4 ?
0x3E 0x200 ?
0x3F 0x1 ?

The only valid PropertyIDs for BOSSU:SendProperty are the ones listed above, except 0x35 and 0x36. If the specified size for the command is larger than the property size, it will use the actual property size instead. When the specified size is less than the actual property size, all of the property data that won't be written to is cleared.

TaskStatus[edit]

Value Description
0x0 Last task run was successful?
0x2 Task started.
0x5 Task not started(also the initial state immediately after task creation).
0x6 Unknown
0x7 Task processing failed(such as network error).

This u8 is returned by BOSSU:GetTaskState.

Errors[edit]

Error-code Description
0xC8A0F833 taskID not found.
0xC8A0F836 taskID already exists, for task creation.
0xC8A0F842 The specified programID is not setup for BOSS.
0xC8A0F843 The specified NsDataId was not found.
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