[opendtv] Re: Latest AACS revision defeated a week before release

  • From: Ron Economos <k6mpg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 02:50:11 -0700

The cryptography expert that I work with has the
best analogy for AACS. It's a ginormous hardened
steel bullet proof padlock placed on a grass house (PC's).

It's also a wonderful dichotomy. The only way to make
AACS secure is to run it on (at least marginally) secure
STB platforms. But nobody is going to ban PC playback,
because there's too much revenue to be made on sales for
that platform.

Ron

Bob England wrote:

Meanwhile, EngadgetHD is reporting that Fox apparently hasn't released
a Blu-ray title since around the time that the AACS crack first
surfaced back in Feb.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/05/10/hey-blu-ray-where-did-fox-go/
And so it goes...

Bob England

On 5/17/07, Kon Wilms <kon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070517-latest-aacs-revision-defeated-a-week-before-release.html

"Despite the best efforts of the Advanced Access Content System (AACS)
Licensing Administration (AACS LA), content pirates remain one step
ahead. A new volume key used by high-def films scheduled for release
next week has already been cracked. The previous AACS volume key was
invalidated by AACS LA after it was exposed and broadly disseminated
earlier this month. The latest beta release of SlySoft's AnyDVD HD
program can apparently be used to rip HD DVD discs that use AACS
version 3. Although these won't hit store shelves until the May 22,
pirates have already successfully tested SlySoft's program with early
release previews of the Matrix trilogy."

Down for the count...

Cheers
Kon




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