Getwiimsg: Difference between revisions

getwiimsg
getwiimsg
General
Author	Yellows8
Type	PC utilities
Version	1.0
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2009/12/18
Links
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Revision as of 06:07, 29 March 2023

Download Wii Message Board announcements from server, decrypt, and dump to .eml and .txt files. The internal KD AES key (wc24msgboardkey.bin) is required.

In IOS80 v6944, this key is stored at 0x5A8F8 in 00000006.app (the /dev/kd module), and is 0x10 bytes long. The key is used in AES-128-OFB symmetric encryption.

Note: getwiimsg requires WC24Decrypt.

User guide

Help displayed when run without parameters:

Usage:
getwiimsg <country code number> <language code> <wc24msgboardkey.bin> <optional list of alternate msg files to process from a server or locally>

Language code can be one of the following: ja, en, de, fr, es, it, nl.

Changelog

v1.1

Added downloading of missing first 2 of 4 server messages.(msg #4 is newest, #3 older than #4, and so on.)

v1.0

Initial release.

Credits

Bob Trower for his Base 64 implementation.

External links

WiiBrew - https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Getwiimsg
Google Code - http://wmb-asm.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/getwiimsg/ (archived)

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 {{Infobox Wii Homebrews
 |title=getwiimsg
-|image=wii-logo.jpg
+|image=getwiimsg2.png
 |description=Download Wii Message Board announcements and convert to .eml and UTF-16 .txt, needs wc24decrypt.
 |author=Yellows8
@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 Download Wii Message Board announcements from server, decrypt, and dump to .eml and .txt files. The internal KD AES key (wc24msgboardkey.bin) is required.
-In IOS80 v6944, this key is stored at 0x5A8F8 in 00000006.app (the /dev/kd module), and is 0x10 bytes long.
+In IOS80 v6944, this key is stored at 0x5A8F8 in 00000006.app (the /dev/kd module), and is 0x10 bytes long. The key is used in AES-128-OFB symmetric encryption.
-The key is used in AES-128-OFB symmetric encryption. getwiimsg requires [[WC24Decrypt Wii|WC24Decrypt]].
+'''Note:''' getwiimsg requires [[WC24Decrypt Wii|WC24Decrypt]].
 ==User guide==
 Help displayed when run without parameters:
   Usage:
-  getwiimsg <country code number> <language code> <wc24msgboardkey.bin> <optional list of alternate msg files to process from a server or locally>
+  <span style="white-space: pre-wrap">getwiimsg <country code number> <language code> <wc24msgboardkey.bin> <optional list of alternate msg files to process from a server or locally></span>
 Language code can be one of the following: ja, en, de, fr, es, it, nl.