I don't know.

I don't particularly know what a NID is either, but from what I've heard, here's my guess.
Kernel mode homebrew reference kernel functions - probably, once compiled, it's a reference to an NID.  Now, Sony tries to stop this working by changing the NIDs that kernel mode homebrews' references are no longer valid, effectively breaking the homebrew.

From the description, I'm guessing this "NID resolver" is like a translator - basically, it (probably) converts Sony's new NIDs to the older NIDs, so that existing kernel mode homebrew won't break.

And for future firmwares, it means that Sony won't be able to use this method to cause breaks in kernel mode homebrew - however, it would require Dark_AleX to update his NID resolver for each firmware.


Of course, all the above is just my guess.

(This post was last modified: 04/01/2008 05:17 AM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)