AACS Cracked Again 306
EmTeedee sends us to a blog post for a summary of the latest results in cracking AACS, from the Doom9 forums (as the earlier cracks have been) — after the DVD Security Group said it had patched the previous flaws. From the DLTV blog: "This time the target was the Xbox 360 HD DVD add on. Geremia on Doom9 forums has started a thread on how he has obtained the Volume ID without AACS authentication. With the aid of others like Arnezami they have managed to patch the Xbox 360 HD DVD add on... It appears that XT5 has released [an] application that allows the Volume ID to be read without the need to rewrite the firmware. This would mean that anyone could simply plug in the HD DVD drive and obtain the Volume ID from any HD DVD without the hassle of flashing it."
One word. (Score:5, Funny)
That does it! (Score:5, Funny)
The movie industry.
Re:One word. (Score:4, Funny)
Seriously, what was the turnaround time from a claimed patch to another breach? Was it even 3 days ago those clownshoes were crowing about it?
Looks like (Score:5, Funny)
The hackers have the edge.
But if you develop the AACS standard at least you have job security
Anyone else notice... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:One word. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:One word. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That does it! (Score:5, Funny)
I have this mental image of a guy in overalls hauling boxes and boxes of patched DVDs out to the truck, looking up at the news-monitor in the shipping yard, and just a single tear falling.
Re:That does it! I've seen THAT movie before... (Score:4, Funny)
AACS (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I LOVE this! (Score:3, Funny)
are you serious? I don't own one (never will - I don't condone the BD or HD-DVD 'protection' concepts and they'll never get dollar one from me).
why on earth does it take that long? for every startup?
are you talking about software based players (on a pc) or hardware set-top boxes?
(what are they doing? calculating PI to zillions of digits or something??)
Re:AACS (Score:5, Funny)
Re:AACS (Score:3, Funny)
Re:One word. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Fine by me. (Score:1, Funny)
Well...unless you're making pr0n...
Re:Fine by me. (Score:5, Funny)
Explosions are expensive.
Sincerely,
Most people
Re:One word. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Fine by me. (Score:5, Funny)
Controlled explosions are expensive.
Sincerely,
Someone who played with fireworks as a kid
Re:Fine by me. (Score:5, Funny)
Most common items don't explode. They spark, they pop, they burn, they shatter; but big booms with infernos and visible concussion waves are few and far between.
Sincerely,
Reality
Re:One word. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:One word. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:One word. (Score:5, Funny)
"AACS of Evil" springs to mind.
Re:Fine by me. (Score:2, Funny)
(JSIXPK + (FATCASH / OHNOES) * PWNTIME) - DEV - RMS. If this is more than GOAL then you win!
I submit to you that FATCASH is extremely large, and OHNOES is very small. PWNTIME is probably in the order of a week. JSIXPACK is a fairly substantial bonus. DEV is tiny compared to (FATCASH / OHNOES) * PWNTIME. RMS is insignificant compared to JSIXPK.
Sounds like hitting GOAL would be a trivial task which would imply you win FERRARI and HOOKERS.
So yes, they know what they are doing. They know the game quite well, they have run the numbers. They also know the numbers, (the real ones, not the "we lost more than the GDP of the US on piracy") - and I humbly suggest that if you don't know the numbers you should perhaps STFU. DRM is a delaying tactic, and I'm very sure the content holders know it.