imagine this - you download an installer file which when run, downloads, installs, and runs, the new custom firmware and then when done it deletes the leftovers. this would make it harder for others to rip. a simple extra bit of protection added to make sure you got it from dax's site and that it hasn't been tampered with gets rid of some of the other lowlife theifs as well (you know who you are - your not getting your sites name mentioned here).
another possible idea is that if he adds a mac filter to the installer then he could basically download a unique installer encrypted using the psp's own mac address. that would ensure you couldnt rip it or anything. it would be hard to perform realtime encryption of the installer however but perhaps it wouldnt be so hard - only the pro would know really, i aint no crypto expert. theres many ways he could protect his work, and i applaud him for trying.

one other thing - to download any custom firmware wee must have access to the net anyway so imho its a good idea doing it this way. my only concern would be his bandwidth requirements - hes gonna need a lot. this is of course if hes doing it the way i think he is.

quick calculation - compressed custom firmware installer ready to install is perhaps 20 meg (this is just to make the calc easier). ok now perhaps 1 million (probably a lot more) people downloading the custom firmware (obviously not simultaneously) so wee multiply 20 meg by 1 million sooooo 20 million meg which i believe is 20 terabytes. not so bad i hear you cry but that's just for a single version. interesting isn't it? :s

(This post was last modified: 13/01/2008 09:09 PM by Anger.)