The ticket is then transmitted along with the content - on discs, it’s part of the “certificates” found before the encrypted data starts. Instead, all titles are encrypted with a random AES key this key is then encrypted with the Common key and then stored inside a ticket.
This key is known by all Wiis, but is never used, directly, to encrypt anything. By popular request, here’s an explanation of the different encryption keys that are used on the Wii.ĪES Keys: The Wii uses 128-bit (16-byte) symmetric AES (aka AES-128-CBC) for most encryption.