DVD Security Group Says It Has Fixed AACS Flaws

SkillZ wrote to mention an article at the IBT site discussing a fix to the security breech of the HD DVD and Blu-ray media formats. "Makers of software for playing the discs on computers will offer patches containing new keys and closing the hole that allowed observant hackers to discover ways to strip high-def DVDs of their protection. On Monday, the group that developed the Advanced Access Content System said it had worked with device makers to deactivate those keys and refresh them with a new set."

security breech

[caitsith01]

security breech

Is that like a chastity belt? Or maybe an adult diaper?

Re:Give it time...

[pookemon]

Yeah - but who wants to wait a whole day for that to happen...?

breech?

[natrius]

I feel sorry for anyone who has to give birth to DVDs, let alone backwards.

Sharp edges. Ouch.

Re:security breech

[Penguinisto]

If it comes from anybody that does DRM, I sure as hell wouldn't want to put it on (I'd imagine it to be something with spikes pointing inwards, somewhere around the rectal area...)

analogous ?

[fahrbot-bot]

What they have done is analogous to re-keying a lock that is susceptible to being picked...

I'm sorry, but this is /. and we only allow automotive analogies here. Please rephrase.

Re:Even more reason to have nothing to do with it

[Anonymous Coward]

Translation: you're

a) illiterate.
b) a troll.
c) an illiterate troll.

Hope that works out for you!

Re:"Fixed Flaws"?

[ZorbaTHut]

For a system which is fundamentally doomed to failure, AACS is pretty well-designed. :)

Re:Give it time...

[quarrel]

Wouldn't it take a hole day? :)

--Q

Thanks!

[Anonymous Coward]

> badvista.org

That sounds like a fantastic place to receive unbiased, neutral, well-researched information about a Microsoft product. Run by the FSF, no less! WOW!!

Re:Prediction of next article's title

[SnowZero]

Actually, it'll end when they run out of keys to revoke. AFAICT, the set is finite.

Re:i'm not so sure...

[revengebomber]

Enhanced optical deflection impairment copy protection technology (read: pre-scratched).

Hooray!

[Philodoxx]

DVD Security Group Says It Has Fixed AACS Flaws

So they've removed it completely?

Re:how do you think the new patch adresses the iss

[Kymermosst]

It seems that both is basically security through obscurity, and that has not worked very well in the future.

Ahh, I see you have already attended the time travel seminar that will be held in two weeks.

Re:how do you think the new patch adresses the iss

[Toby_Tyke]

It seems that both is basically security through obscurity, and that has not worked very well in the future.

So tell me.. was Duke Nukem Forever worth the wait?

Re:i'm not so sure...

[Anonymous Coward]

Netflix has employed that for quite some time

Re:Breech or Breach

[Anonymous Coward]

How dare you call me an illegitimate pheasant!

Re:i'm not so sure...

[bytesex]

EODICPT ? That'll never fly. Surface Crack Rendering Application Technology for Copying Hazards. That's better.

Re:i'm not so sure...

[greed]

Which is why I gave up on that, and use Windows for two things: DVDDecrypter and Garmin MapSource. And DVDShrink. I use Windows for three things, DVDDecrypter, DVDShrink, Garmin MapSource, and Dungeon Keeper II....

I really need to get a comfy chair.

MTBF

[tacokill]

The expensive DVD player from Sony now sits in the kitchen and occasionally plays a normal music CD, when there is nothing in the FM worth listening to.

So, runnning 24/7/365, how long does a Sony DVD player work?