HDCP Encryption Cracked, Details Unreleased Due To DMCA 362
Lord_Pall writes: "There's a very good article on SecurityFocus about a Dutch cryptographer. He apparently has cracked the HDCP video encryption standard, but won't release the research for fear of reprisals under the DMCA."
Update: 08/15 06:10 PM by J : Meanwhile, see
Keith Irwin's paper
which has been released despite the DMCA.
Update: 08/15 07:00 PM by J :
And someone else points out
this old thing.
Everyone who hasn't written a paper on cracking HDCP raise your hand.
ROT-13? (Score:2, Funny)
ROT-13???
Hell, publish it as an Adobe E-book
Me too, and here's where you can get it: (Score:3, Funny)
http://russnelson.com/pads/pad-md5-10bd774315b8
It's encrypted. It's also copyrighted. If you decrypt it, you bring down the wrath of the DMCA on yourself. So don't decrypt it.
-russ
Ostriches anyone? (Score:2, Funny)
Oswalt went on to say, "If anyone DOES substantiate their claims, we'll sue the pants off 'em."
In other news, Intel will be holding a decryption contest. The winner will be presented with a fine of up to $150,000!
In related news (Score:5, Funny)
I have decrypted the secret code in the Bible, correlated it with the secret codes of the Baghavad Ghita, Talmud and Qur'an and now now the inner thoughts of all gods. I have unified field theory and quantum theory and will soon have a device that will bend all matter to my will.
I know the secrets of teleportation, telekinesis, telepathy, and how to get women to want me. I know the secrets of every three-letter agency in government, the Psychic Friends network, and the US Postal Service.
Unfortunately, due to the nature of the DMCA, I am unable to share my findings with others. I suppose I'll have to get on my FTL spaceship and find a more genial planet. Ta-ta!
DMCA: Best FUD tool ever created! (Score:2, Funny)
Now we can FUD any copy restriction technology top death by claiming that we broke it, and refusing to give any details due to the threat of prosecution under DMCA!
The question is, would this be effective enough to get the media companies to stop using it?
Peer review to strengthen encryption (Score:3, Funny)
Good! (Score:5, Funny)
That means the HDCP consortium can continue on their merry way to rolling out their video solution...and then after we have all this great content available...THEN we can have someone release the information (I see Lawrence Lessig waving his hand there in the back).
Think about it. If the Crack SDMI has come back with nothing but failure...then maybe we would all have GB of juicy full-quality (minus watermarks, ahem) songs sitting on our harddrive awaiting a simple watermark snipper.
Thank you DMCA! Chilling research only delays the inevitable! It doesn't stop it!
- JoeShmoe
Fermat's Last Theorem, revised. (Score:2, Funny)
Copyright, then ROT-13 the paper (Score:3, Funny)
I found a hint on the KEY! (Score:4, Funny)
1
2 or 14
4
50
Therefore the key is:
12450 or
114450 or
12450 * 114450 = 1424902500 or
sqrt(12450^114450).
q.e.d.
Re:Next DMCA test - prosecution for doing research (Score:5, Funny)
Of course not. What, do you think some company is going to file charges and get the FBI to arrest someone from Russia just because they give a talk about their work in Vegas? Or that an industry trade group would threaten a lawsuit if a college professor tried to present a research paper? My god, people are paranoid around here! Next thing you know they'll be saying that the Big Corporations are trying to outlaw reverse engineering!