Changes

The Download Play protocol for 3DS is completely different from the DS Wireless Multiboot (WMB) protocol. While the DS WMB protocol used to send program code in plaintext over wireless, the Download Play protocol is now using WPA2 encryption with 128-bit AES CTR to broadcast the application.

The Download Play protocol for 3DS is completely different from the DS Wireless Multiboot (WMB) protocol. While the DS WMB protocol used to send program code in plaintext over wireless, the Download Play protocol is now using WPA2 encryption with 128-bit AES CTR to broadcast the application.

Cleartext beacons have static Nintendo tag data, broadcasted at a rate of 0.102400/s. WPA2 data frames are broadcasted as well, the size of these varies.

"Cleartext" beacons have static encrypted Nintendo tag data, broadcasted at a rate of 0.102400/s. WPA2 data frames are broadcasted as well, the size of these varies.

After a client authenticates to the host, the host sends an association response, with a random ASCII hex SSID, like: "EB6FAB77". After that the systems communicate and transfer the binary with WPA2 encrypted data frames.

After a client authenticates to the host, the host sends an association response, with a random ASCII hex SSID, like: "EB6FAB77". After that the systems communicate and transfer the binary with WPA2 encrypted data frames.

This is a dump of the Nintendo tag of the cleartext beacon from Monkey ball 3D, with vendor 001f32:

This is a dump of the Nintendo tag of the "cleartext" beacon from Monkey ball 3D, with vendor 001f32. The data contained in this vendor tag is encrypted:

  000: 18 05 9f ae 17 c8 a5 1d 0b 81 28 be 74 0f d4 af

  000: 18 05 9f ae 17 c8 a5 1d 0b 81 28 be 74 0f d4 af

  010: 97 30 04 60 fd 2d f3 d9 8d bc 22 80 51 60 3c 75

  010: 97 30 04 60 fd 2d f3 d9 8d bc 22 80 51 60 3c 75