Content License

The PS4 content license files are like on PSP, PS3 and PS4 the .rif files.
But for the first time, the format has been a lot changed:

• There is only 1 .rif file (and .idx) per game/app. On PSP, PS3 and PSVita, there were 1 .rif per content (1 for the game + 1 for each DLC)
• This is handled by adding each DLC license to the game .rif. To know where the license is in the .rif, PS4 generates a .idx file (RIF index).
• When the .rif is downloaded from PSN by SceShellcore, it is added to the current .rif file of the game (if existing).
  Then the .idx is generated. ShellCore calls npdrm_ioctl to get a 0x10 bytes HMAC-SHA256 per console key from SAMU.
  The HMAC is computed over the RIF data and is written to the .idx entry.
  The aim is both to ensure .rif integrity and to make sure the .rif and .idx can't be copied to another PS4 console.

The files an be found in:

• For disc licenses: /mnt/disc/license/rif (on the BluRay) and /preinst2/app/CUSA00001/app.rif (on the HDD)
• For digital content licenses: /user/license/*.rif, /user/license/*.idx
• For another type of digital content licenses: /user/home/*/license/*.rif, /user/home/*/license/*.idx

RIF File

This is a .rif that is not paired with a .idx file.

For a rif file that is paired with a .idx file, see RIFA file.

The .rif file embeds one or more RIF entry.

Sample disc rif files.

RIF Entry

Fields are big-endian. Each RIF entry is 0x400 bytes sized.

Name	Offset	Size	Example	Remark
Magic	0x000	4	52 49 46 00 ('RIF\0')
Version	0x004	2	00 01, 00 02	See RIF Type
?DRM Type?	0x006	2	00 02 for KDS, FF FF for disc
PSN Account ID	0x008	8	AB CD EF 01 02 34 78 91	zeroed if not KDS RIF
Start Timestamp	0x010	8	00 00 00 00 52 85 64 00	Start timestamp (unix/epoch)
End Timestamp	0x018	8	7F FF FF FF FF FF FF FF	End timestamp (unix/epoch), typically INT64_MAX
Content ID	0x020	0x30	IP9100-CUSA00001_00-PLAYROOM00000000
RIF Type	0x050	2	01 01	See RIF Type
Unknown	0x052	2	00 0F
Unknown	0x054	2	00 1A
SKU Flag	0x056	2	00 01
Extra Flags	0x058	4	00 00 00 00
Unknown	0x060	4	00 02 00 00
Unknown	0x064	4	00 00 00 01
?RIF format revision?	0x068	4	00 00 00 02, 00 00 00 03	2 on old rifs (3.55), 3 on new rifs (5.00)
Unknown	0x06C	2	00 02
Unknown	0x06E	0x1D2	-
Disc Key	0x240	0x20	-	Not present in KDS RIFs
Secret Encryption IV	0x260	0x10	-
Encrypted Secret	0x270	0x90	-	See Secret for when decrypted
RSA Signature	0x300	0x100	-	Verified using public key depending on type

RIF Type

Type	FW Type	Min Ver	Max Ver	Name	Description	Remarks
0x000	All	1	1	KDS	Used for digital content	Revoked in at least 4.05
0x001	All	2	2
0x002	All	3	3
0x101	All	1	1	Isolated	Used for truly free content (Playroom, Vue, Spotify)
0x302
0x102	All	1	1	Disc	Used for Blu-ray content
0x200	DEX/TEST	1	1	Fake/Debug	Used for testing/debugging
0x201
0x202
0x303	CEX	1	1	?
0x304	? (not CEX)	1	1	?
0x305	DEX/TEST	1	1	?

Secret

This structure corresponds to the decrypted form. Size is 0x90 bytes.

Name	Offset	Size	Example	Remark
Unknown	0x00	0x10	-
Unknown	0x10	0x10	-
Unknown	0x20	0x10	-
Content Key Seed	0x30	0x10	-	Used to generate PFS key
SELF Key Seed	0x40	0x10	-	Used to generate SELF key
Unknown	0x50	0x10	-
Unknown	0x60	0x10	-
Entitlement Key	0x70	0x10	-
Unknown	0x80	0x10	-

RIFA File

This RIF form is paired with a .idx file.

When in this form, contrarly to RIF files a RIFA header is present, followed by sequential RIF entries.

See also IDX structure for the paired .idx file.

RIFA Header

Fields are big-endian. Size is 0x400 bytes.

Name	Offset	Size	Example	Remark
Magic	0x000	4	72 69 66 61 ("rifa")
Service ID	0x004	0x14	IP9100-CUSA00001_00\0	Size assumed
Unknown	0x018	0x3D8	full of zeroes

IDX File

This is the RIF index file. It is used in pair with RIFA files.

RIF IDX

Fields are little-endian. Size is 0x20 bytes (header) + entries_count * 0x30 bytes (entry_size).

Name	Offset	Size	Example	Remark
Magic	0x00	4	72 69 64 78 ("ridx")
Entries count	0x04	4	01 00 00 00, 03 00 00 00
Version	0x08	1	01	1 (current)
Service ID	0x09	19	IP9100-CUSA00001_00
Unknown	0x1C	4	01 00 00 00, 00 00 00 00
Entries	0x20	0x30 * Entries Count		See RIF IDX entry

RIF IDX Entry

Fields are little-endian. Size is 0x30 bytes.

Name	Offset	Size	Example	Remark
Entitlement label	0x00	16	PLAYROOM00000000
RIF Offset	0x10	8	00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00	Offset into RIFA file
RIF Size	0x18	8	00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
Unknown	0x20	1	01
Unknown	0x21	1	00
RIF data HMAC-SHA256	0x22	8	-	First 8 bytes of HMAC-SHA256 of RIF data using per-console data as key
Unknown	0x2A	6	-