Due to the revocation, WinDVD users must upgrade to a new version -- containing a new key -- if they want to watch the HD-DVD's they own.
DeCSS rendered useless the entire CSS system on first gen DVD's, making copying, ripping and backups a trivial procedure. So far, the AACS equivalent remains elusive. However, you can bet that someone somewhere is hard at work on a way to compromise AACS again, either in a short term single key crack -- like the one we've seen here -- or a longer term, system wide crack. There isn't a single known DRM system worth cracking that hasn't been cracked, multiple times; AACS will likely be no different.
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4-09-2007 @ 11:22AM
Yayaja said...
One of the guys who created deCSS was apparently a teenager. I can't imagine anything more thrilling then being a teenage guy who with only two other guys cracks open a multi billion dollar industry. Amazing!
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4-09-2007 @ 12:47PM
James said...
I'm curious: if they don't put in any new HD DVDs, how does the software get an updated revocation list? I mean, it could "phone home" but any decent software firewall should let you block those requests. The old key should be able to decrypt any HD DVDs released before its revocation, right?
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4-09-2007 @ 1:24PM
Peter said...
James - I believe you will need to let it "phone home" periodically. There is some period of time after which if it doesn't get an updated revocation list, the player will simply stop working completely.
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