Johansen Cracks AirPort Express Encryption

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Johansen Cracks AirPort Express Encryption

Posted by michael on Thursday August 12, 2004 @02:44AM from the airport-express-sales-increase dept.

womby writes "DVD Jon has just announced that he cracked the encryption in Apple's AirPort Express. 'I've released JustePort, a tool which lets you stream MPEG4 Apple Lossless files to your AirPort Express. The stream is encrypted with AES and the AES key is encrypted with RSA.' No real details of the process employed in cracking the unit but newsworthy none the less."

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About DVD Jon... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-08-12 02:48 · Score: 1, Funny

Why hasn't he been kidnapped from his country and be forced to work for the US Government yet? He seems to be one of a handful of people who knows what the hell is going on.
1. Re:About DVD Jon... by mr_z_beeblebrox · 2004-08-12 03:42 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  He seems to be one of a handful of people who knows what the hell is going on.
  
  Why would the US Government want someone who "knows what the hell is going on". Hell, who would manage him? What department would he report to? Come on, your country is run by a man who probably uses "12345" as the combination on his luggage (encrypted of course, with his Cap'n Crunch decoder ring)
Does anyone know Jon's doctor? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-08-12 02:49 · Score: 5, Funny

I want to know if he really does have testicles made of brass.
1. Re:Does anyone know Jon's doctor? by ThatsNotFunny · 2004-08-12 03:00 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Not only are they made of brass, but he's got five of them.
  
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2. Re:Does anyone know Jon's doctor? by WolfWithoutAClause · 2004-08-12 03:12 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Unlikely at the moment, but he'll probably need replacements after Apple's lawyers are through with him.
  
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3. Re:Does anyone know Jon's doctor? by Tackhead · 2004-08-12 03:54 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  > > I want to know if he really does have testicles made of brass.
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  > Not only are they made of brass, but he's got five of them.
  I want to meet Jon's tailor. I hear he makes pants that fit like a glove.
name by tehcyder · 2004-08-12 03:03 · Score: 1, Funny

Not being a Mac user, I just wondered why the "AirPort" name?
I read this as just "airport" and couldn't work out what was happening.
Not trolling, just curious why Apple would use a slight variation on an existing word rather than something new and/or descriptive.

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1. Re:name by bloggins02 · 2004-08-12 04:07 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Ummm, because "FlibDarg" was already taken?
Yay! by Luckboy · 2004-08-12 03:11 · Score: 3, Funny

Now I can divert all my system sounds to the Airport Express so I can get beeps in the living room in glorius 5.1 Surround Sound while I use the computer in the bedroom!

Come to think of it, I'm ONLY going to do this when other people are watching TV! This is gonna be fun!
Apple Responds Quickly... by PetoskeyGuy · 2004-08-12 03:22 · Score: 4, Funny

...by posting a story to slashdot his website while their lawyers and henchmen race towards DVD Jon in a black supersonic jet straight out of X-Men. (yes I verbed slashdot, but I googled and seems to be ok to do now)

Seriously though, just hire the kid. Give him a 80 hour a week job and enough money he'll stick it out. No more spare time, no more cracks.
Re:huh, sounds solid... by pedestrian+crossing · 2004-08-12 03:28 · Score: 2, Funny

Geez, I had heard that emacs was the be-all do-all, but I didn't know you could listen to music over it! Damn, I'll be switching from vi right away!!

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Re:Why oh why? by ideonode · 2004-08-12 03:29 · Score: 4, Funny

they can't do anything about analog copying

Couldn't they encrypt the analog sound as it leaves the speakers, and give the user a DRM-enabled BabelFish?
Re:Great News by Bingo+Foo · 2004-08-12 03:48 · Score: 2, Funny

(notice the difference in my *free* and your "free")
Free as in "asterisk sandwich."

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Re:Lawyers, start your engines. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-08-12 04:04 · Score: 0, Funny

US laws can apply wherever they please. Ask Saddam.
Re:Great News by BobTheLawyer · 2004-08-12 05:36 · Score: 3, Funny

security through unavailability?
Re:Great News by An+ominous+Cow+art · 2004-08-12 06:14 · Score: 3, Funny

I used to enjoy sadonecrobestiality, until I realized I was just beating a dead horse.
Re:huh, sounds solid... by JohnsonWax · 2004-08-12 06:55 · Score: 3, Funny

You could come visit my Xserve. But yeah, that's pretty much the list.
Re:Lawyers, start your engines. by dasmegabyte · 2004-08-12 08:32 · Score: 3, Funny

You forgot parent 4:

"Sigh. Everybody so far has said X, Y and Z. Everybody always says X, Y and Z. I'm so sick of it. Moderators, I hate you and your children."

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