Was just reading EB where Hanners posted up about the HDCP 'master key' getting loose and DRM pretty much being dead now for all practical purposes.
Anyone hear anything? :|
Anyone hear anything? :|
HDCP 'master key' is in the wild?
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I red the same and was going to post this, if you google a bit you can find the "master key" including how you generate keys from it. So Im certain we will soon hear if its the real thing or not.
I dont think theres any reasonable way that the key could`ve been found, other than leaking it.
Im not sure if this will have huge effects at all, I think HDCP primary function is to annoy you if your TV/Monitor doesnt support it. While Pirates just directly read out discs....
Sounds like it would be a major biatch to do that though. 
That's what I sort of wondered about, what exactly is HDCP securing? 
It seems you'd still need something FPGA based, so cheap might not be true. And DMCA will likely prevent widespread sales from 3rd parties. And like I said, as a existing or prospective file sharer, why should you bother? And if you are a MPAA/RIAA/whatever suit, how does it make the present situation any worse?
I hate DRM that makes my life miserable. <-- Just thought I would chime in
If only this leads to a panacea type situation with DVD where you can get free (software) players and so forth that would be awesome. Oh and I should point out I don't see how this would help that at all, but maybe somehow it would enable killing a protected path requirement which might help a few folks still.
If only this leads to a panacea type situation with DVD where you can get free (software) players and so forth that would be awesome. Oh and I should point out I don't see how this would help that at all, but maybe somehow it would enable killing a protected path requirement which might help a few folks still.
Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.
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They'll probably just force a new standard that's even more annoying
IIRC, I read that Sony is trying to push something packet/ip based using ethernet-style cabling with encryption on top. The range is supposed to be much higher than HDMI cables. Same old BS to try and get us all to buy a load of new equipment for something that lines Sony's pockets, but doesn't benefit the customer.
Well, HDBaseT would seem to be pretty much a no-brainer though it is still using HDCP, I believe?
http://www.hdbaset.org/
I'm looking forward to seeing the AV cable companies try to claim their outrageously expensive ethernet cable is better than the normal stuff! If I remember correctly, didn't Denon used to sell a much lampooned ethernet cable? Ah yes, here we are:
http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AKDL1-Dedicated-Link-Cable/dp/B000I1X6PM
http://www.hdbaset.org/
I'm looking forward to seeing the AV cable companies try to claim their outrageously expensive ethernet cable is better than the normal stuff! If I remember correctly, didn't Denon used to sell a much lampooned ethernet cable? Ah yes, here we are:
http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AKDL1-Dedicated-Link-Cable/dp/B000I1X6PM
Blazkowicz
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what I wonder is does this allow to playback HCDP protected content on a VGA monitor, using some software layer which would act as a dummy hardware HDCP device. Or is cracking bluray DRM for instance enough.
AnyDVD HD already allowed for that exact scenario since the day it was released, over three years ago (yes all the way back in beginning of 2007), by cracking the BluRay and HD-DVD DRM.
hoom
Veteran
Yeah, the contents on the disk itself is encrypted with AACS or whatever & previous attacks have used weaknesses in that part of the system by my understanding.
Presumably they could generate a new Master key & send out firmware/software/blacklist updates and/or start selling new hardware with the new keys but that would lead to the doomsday situation of most HD equipment suddenly irrevocably not working anymore.
And anyway, it'd only be a matter of time before someone did the same thing again to find the new Master.
I've seen suggestion that this may not actually be the Master but a reverse engineered, compatible key.
Presumably only compatible with a subset of keys (from the section of keys used so-far) & maybe only a blacklist update is needed short term?
Still would have the same issue of someone reverse engineering the new key and that would probably happen quicker and quicker each time they changed.
Edit: here is where I heard it
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...ter-key-leak-could-be-fatal-to-drm-scheme.ars
Including the link to the thing http://pastebin.com/kqD56TmU
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