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  1. Re:It should be possible ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Macrovision Applies for P2P Interdiction Patents

    In Finland company called http://www.viralg.com/ is doing p2p business with corrupting file hashes. Propably in future they will pay royalties to Macromedia? Oh i almoust forgot to tell that p2p traffic disturbance with spoofing packets is not crime on Finland.

  2. Re:It should be possible ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Macrovision Applies for P2P Interdiction Patents

    In Finland company called http://www.viralg.com/ is doing p2p business with corrupting file hashes. Propably in future they will pay royalties to Macromedia? Oh i almoust forgot to tell that p2p traffic distribution with corrupted packets is not crime on Finland.

  3. This disturbs me. by NnT042 · · Score: 1 · on Finnish Firm Claims Fake P2P Hash Technology
    No, not the article.
    The fact that from over six hundred posts, I only see a few dozen suggesting the entire concept is bullshit, and only a small subsection of those that (brilliantly?) deduced that the whole thing is a joke.

    Geez, it really isn't that hard. I know it's a stretch to even RTFA, but the "company" website is only a click away from that...
    Stare at that site real close for a minute or two. See the humor now?
    I mean, seriously: "protect your revenue"? "virtual algorithm"? What is a virtual algorithm, anyway? By definition, it's an algorithm that does not exist. ;) The title tag on that page is "New Page 1" - would any company raking in money by selling Total Blocking of Peer 2 Peer Sharing for Your Intellectual Property (that line cracked me up even as I typed it) seriously be that retarded?

    And that's only the front page. Click around a bit and even more 'clues' pop up, including random statistics and physically or mathematically impossible claims.
    How can anyone look at that and think "Oh crap, we need to change our hashes now!" or "You won't break MY p2p!!" instead of ROFL?

  4. Re:They have cracked strong hashes, huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Finnish Firm Claims Fake P2P Hash Technology

    If they're referring to Kazaa, it's old news... Music industry uses vulnerability in Kazaa Hash Calculations.

    If the filesize is below 300k, it hashes the entire file.
    For filesizes above, it hashes the first 300k, skips 300k, and continues hashing blocks of 300k then skipping ever increasing amounts.
    For a 3MB file (ok, 3000kb), it'll hash 1500k - do what the hell you like with the other 50%; you'll never know till you try to play it.

    Tellingly, ViralG's Testimonials page says The object was to stop piracy in the most popular P2P site Kazaa (Fasttrack)
    They don't appear to mention any other P2P software anywhere on the site.

  5. It seems to work, look at their example. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Finnish Firm Claims Fake P2P Hash Technology

    They applied their copy protection to their website.

  6. There is money to be made.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on MD5 To Be Considered Harmful Someday

    I think this company allready try to profit from it(finnish text)?