ajasax
14-02-2007 13:51:47
http//www.engadget.com/2007/02/13/hackers-discover-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-processing-key-all-hd-t/
[quoteebbfb33ab0="Engadget"]Those cooky kids over at the Doom9 forums hate themselves some DRM. Not more than two months after discovering a means to extract the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc "volume keys" to decrypt AACS DRM on individual films, we're now getting word that DRM hacker arnezami has found the "processing key" used to decrypt the DRM on all HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc films. Let's break this down for what it is instead of needing individual keys for each and every high-definition film -- of which there are many -- the processing key can be used to unlock, decrypt, and backup every HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc film released so far. As arnezami points out, "nothing was actually hacked, cracked or even reverse engineered." All he had to do was keep an eye on his memory, watch what changed, and voila... the processing key appeared. So kick back and watch the trickle of HD titles hitting the torrents quickly turn into a flood (at ~20GB a pop, that's not an exaggeration) when the BackupHDDVD and BackupBluray utilities (or AnyDVD HD) are updated to reflect the new hack find. [/quoteebbfb33ab0]
It's a wonderful day for DRM.....and torrents wink
TryinToGetPaid
14-02-2007 14:13:32
HD-DVDs are already ripped, and have been for a while....
ajasax
14-02-2007 14:23:10
[quote1a30e2ed97]Let's break this down for what it is instead of needing individual keys for each and every high-definition film -- of which there are many -- the processing key can be used to unlock, decrypt, and backup every HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc film released so far.[/color1a30e2ed97][/quote1a30e2ed97]
dmorris68
14-02-2007 15:15:06
Now all you would-be pirates just have to hope they don't actually implement the "self-destruct" mechanism that they've been talking about for a few years now leading up to HD video players. They player's firmware was reportedly able to detect if a movie was intended to be DRM'd, and to shut itself down and lock itself up to prevent ANY further playback if it detects pirated videos.
moviemadnessman
14-02-2007 15:20:33
That would be a terrible thing to actually have happen ... of course, it would also be the next step to crack, too. It will be interesting to see what happens, though...
I'm sure there will be a modified firmware flash sometime down the road to prevent such a thing from happening. Time will tell.
Wolfeman
14-02-2007 17:16:46
Tholek
14-02-2007 20:15:11
[quotedbf5a7ef3b="dmorris68"]Now all you would-be pirates just have to hope they don't actually implement the "self-destruct" mechanism that they've been talking about for a few years now leading up to HD video players. They player's firmware was reportedly able to detect if a movie was intended to be DRM'd, and to shut itself down and lock itself up to prevent ANY further playback if it detects pirated videos.[/quotedbf5a7ef3b]
Honestly, if you were someone who bought every film they owned, would you want to buy a player that could do that? If I were [idbf5a7ef3b]Speilberg[/idbf5a7ef3b], I wouldn't buy that. I'd say I did though. ;)
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