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Re: need confirmation of DVD/CSS crack in China ...


At 07:30 AM 8/28/97 DST, Jenaer Mixmaster Anonserver wrote:
>  DVD encryption is described on the Web at:
>
>    http://www.kipinet.com/tdb/tdb_oct96/feat_protection.html
>
>  There's a very simple way to 'break' it - you just copy the entire disk.
>Key-size is irrelevant. 

I fail to see how you can prevent copying an entire disk. If the controller
can access the data, I can copy it. Unless of course it will be made
illegal to sell DVD controllers that output the raw data stream.

Come to think of it, that must be coming.


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