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Line 1: − === Overview ===+ − + − An example .CIA can be downloaded [http://depositfiles.com/files/t93cpkb2g here] Credit: [[User:Jl12|Jl12]]. It includes a .cia file, the result of installation, some screenshots. Everything is decrypted/extracted for convenience sake.+ − + − Development Units, are capable of manually installing CIA files via the [[3DS Development Unit Software#Dev Menu|Dev Menu]]+ + + − === Format === Line 16:
Line 17: − The CIA format is capable of containing more then one NCCH in the APP data, the TMD specifies the size of each NCCH contained in the APP data. Generally it will only contain additional NCCH files (.[[NCCH#CFA|CFA]] format, such as the Manual and DLP Child) related to the main executable NCCH (.[[NCCH#CXI|CXI]] format). The CIA format could be interpreted as an installable variant of the [[NCSD|CCI]] format.+ − − − − This is a 32 bytes long header (8 x uint32). Line 30:
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[[Category:File formats]]
[[Category:File formats]]
== Overview ==
CIA stands for '''C'''TR '''I'''mportable '''A'''rchive. This format allows the installation titles to the 3DS. CIA files can compile [[NCCH]] files for installation to either the SDMC or CTR NAND. CIA files can also compile .SRL files (format for DS(i) executable images) for installation to the TWL NAND of the 3DS.
CIA stands for '''C'''TR '''I'''mportable '''A'''rchive. This format allows the installation titles to the 3DS. CIA files and titles on [[Title list|Nintendo's CDN]] contain identical data. As a consequence, valid CIA files can be generated from CDN content. This also means CIA files can contain anything that titles on Nintendo's CDN can contain.
Under normal circumstances CIA files are used where downloading a title is impractical or not possible. Such as distributing a [[Download Play]] child, or installing forced Gamecard updates. Those CIA(s) are stored by the titles in question, in an auxiliary [[NCCH#CFA|CFA]] file.
[[Download Play]] utilises the CIA format when transferring titles.(This is also the only known retail implementation of the CIA format)
Development Units, are capable of manually installing CIA files via the [[3DS Development Unit Software#Dev Menu|Dev Menu]].
== Format ==
This is the current version of the CIA format, it was finalised in late 2010. (Older versions of the CIA format can be viewed on the [[Talk:CIA|Talk]] page)
The CIA format has a similar structure to the [http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wad WAD format].
The CIA format has a similar structure to the [http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wad WAD format].
The data is aligned in 64 byte blocks (if a content ends at the middle of the block, the next content will begin from a new block).
The data is aligned in 64 byte blocks (if a content ends at the middle of the block, the next content will begin from a new block).
=== CIA Header ===
== CIA Header ==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
| 0x00
| 0x00
| 0x04
| 0x04
| Archive Header Size (=0x2020 bytes) (Starts with 0x80 @ offset 0x0020)
| Archive Header Size (Usually = 0x2020 bytes)
|-
|-
| 0x04
| 0x04
| 0x0C
| 0x0C
| 0x04
| 0x04
| Ticket size
| [[Ticket]] size
|-
|-
| 0x10
| 0x10
|-
|-
| 0x18
| 0x18
| 0x04
| 0x08
| APP file size
| Content size
|-
|-
| 0x1C
| 0x20
| 0x04
| 0x2000
| 0x80000000
| Content Index
|}
|}
* Ticket
* Ticket
* TMD file data
* TMD file data
* APP file data
* Content file data
* Meta file data
* Meta file data (Not a necessary component)
The contents (NCCH/SRL) are encrypted using 128-bit AES-CBC. The encryption uses the decrypted titlekey from the [[Ticket#Structure|ticket]], and the individual content ID padded with zeros as the IV.
=== Certificate Chain ===
== Meta ==
There are three [[Certificates|certificates]] in this chain:
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! CERTIFICATE
! SIGNATURE TYPE
! RETAIL CERT NAME
! DEBUG CERT NAME
! DESCRIPTION
|-
| CA
| RSA-4096
| CA00000003
| CA00000004
| Used to verify the Ticket/TMD Certificates
|-
| Ticket
| RSA-2048
| XS0000000c
| XS00000009
| Used to verify the Ticket signature
|-
| TMD
| RSA-2048
| CP0000000b
| CP0000000a
| Used to verify the TMD signature
|}
The CA certificate is issued by 'Root', the public key for which is stored in NATIVE_FIRM.
=== Meta ===
The structure of this data is as follows:
The structure of this data is as follows:
|-
|-
| 0x180
| 0x180
| 0x280
| 0x180
| Reserved/Unused
| Reserved
|-
| 0x300
| 0x4
| Core Version
|-
| 0x304
| 0xFC
| Reserved
|-
|-
| 0x400
| 0x400
Obviously this section is not present in TWL CIA files, or any other CIA file which does not contain a [[NCCH#CXI|CXI]].
Obviously this section is not present in TWL CIA files, or any other CIA file which does not contain a [[NCCH#CXI|CXI]].
== Tools ==
* [https://github.com/3dshax/ctr/tree/master/ctrtool ctrtool] - Reading/Extraction of CIA files. This can only decrypt the title-key for development CIAs, since retail CIAs use the [[AES]] hardware key-scrambler for the common-key keyslot.
* [https://github.com/ctrdev/ctrsdk/tree/master/tools/make_cia make_cia] - Generating CIA files. Requires CommonKey and ticket/TMD RSA-2048 private exponents.
* [https://github.com/ctrdev/ctrsdk/tree/master/tools/make_cdn_cia make_cdn_cia] - (CMD)(Windows/Linux) Generates CIA files from CDN Content
== Title Key Encryption ==
== Title Key Encryption ==