It is essentially a license that tells the console: “You are allowed to run this content on this console.” | Offset | Size | Field | |--------|------|-------| | 0x00 | 16 | Console ID mask (zeroed in exported RAP) | | 0x10 | 16 | Title ID (ASCII) | | 0x20 | 16 | Content ID | | 0x30 | 48 | Key data (AES ciphertext for act.dat) | | 0x60 | 8 | Checksum / padding |
In practice, most distributed RAP files have the console-specific fields nulled, making them portable across consoles. | File | Location | Purpose | |------|----------|---------| | RAP | External (USB) | Portable license file for activation | | ACT.DAT | Internal flash (vsh/act.dat) | Console‑bound license after activation | pkg rap files ps3