'DVD Jon' Breaks Google Video Lock

WillemdeMoor writes "Yahoo News runs a story on Jon Johansen, aka DVD Jon, cracking Google's in-browser video player. Addict3d.org has some more details, including links to Johansen's patch (Win32 executable) and Jon's blog entry at nanocrew.net."

Comments

Ironically

[kc0re]

Ironically, there is nothing on Google News concerning it.

Anyone else notice that Yahoo Search looks and acts EXACTLY like Google's? (That's probably redudant...)

I am just waiting for Revenge of the Sith to hit Google Video.

Re:whaaaaa?

[BladeMelbourne]

Did you comply to the GPL and relase the source? :p

Re:whaaaaa?

[Anonymous Coward]

"I've made countless little mods to open-source apps in order to get them to behave the way I'd like. I've never gotten news coverage for adding "//" before an 'if(condition)' statment"

Hi, I'm from Yahoo News. Please tell us more about this "//".

The "click" [/] "click" [/] "chunk" [SPACE]...

[Ayanami Rei]

... heard 'round the world!

Macrovision

[Overzeetop]

It's a good thing he didn't try to tangle with Macrovision. As lightning-uk almost found out, it's hard to code when you're fingers are broken and your eyes have swollen shut from contusions.

Re:whaaaaa?

[justforaday]

Hi, I'm from Yahoo News. Please tell us more about this "//".

This is slashdot gawdammit! You're looking for slashslash ...

True Colors

[TheLoneCabbage]

Now we see what Googles true colors are.

Will they say "hey thanx for the tip? Want a job?" or will they go all RIAA on little johny?

Stay tuned for the next exciting episode of as my stomach turns!

I'm disappointed

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm disappointed. It has been, what, 2 days? It took Jon 2 days to crack another DRM?

People are getting lazy ya know... I thought Jon should have cracked it in 3-4 hours.... That boy needs to stop smoking so much....

PS: Mod me Funny +5 / Informative +5

Re:whaaaaa?

[Zone-MR]

A little-known hacker secret known as "//" or comment sequence is being used to illegally remove protections in computer software

"It's a nightmare for the industry, the // sequence is being used to defeat protections in hundreds of thousands of software programs, costing the industry trillions of dollars in lost revenue" said Robert Holleyman, president of the Washington-based Business Software Alliance (BSA).

While Linus Trovalds confirmed that the // sequence may be a powerful tool for removing protections, he downplayed the threat, stating that only software for which the code is freely availble can be cracked using the method.

Various anti-piracy groups are pressuring congress to pass an extention to the DMCA laws, which will effectively outlaw commenting out parts of computer code. Under the new law it will also be illegal to manufacture a computer keyboard with the forward slash '/' key.

goto considered harmful !!!

[scovetta]

+ // Google mods
+ const char* allowed_host = \"video.google.com\";
+ char * host_found = strstr(p_sys->url.psz_host, allowed_host);
+ if ((host_found == NULL) ||
+ ((host_found + strlen(allowed_host)) !=
+ (p_sys->url.psz_host + strlen(p_sys->url.psz_host)))) {
+ msg_Warn( p_access, \"invalid host, only video.google.com is allowed\" );
+ goto error;
+ }

I'm disappointed by Google's use of the 'goto' keyword. As was clearly described in this paper, the use of 'goto' leads to "swiss-cheesing" of the brain, the inability to think logically, and a plethora of other problems, leading eventually to brain-rot and inability to write code in anything but Perl.

I think we should all remember that just because Google is the pinnacle of success and is second only to (insert your diety here), Google too can make mistakes.

Re:goto considered harmful !!!

[Peyna]

They are morans.

I believe the correct term would be "Moranians," but are you referring to people from Moran, Kansas; Moran, Michigan; Moran, Texas; or Moran, Wyoming?

Re:goto considered harmful !!!

[Zebedeu]

or the even more standard $deity

What a fabulous idea!

[Anonymous Coward]

Various anti-piracy groups are pressuring congress to pass an extention to the DMCA laws, which will effectively outlaw commenting out parts of computer code. Under the new law it will also be illegal to manufacture a computer keyboard with the forward slash '/' key.

What a fabulous idea! I'll get right on it!

Thanks,
Sen. Orrin Hatch

Re:What a fabulous idea!

[KDR_11k]

A statement issued by Microsoft Corp. insists that "We knew all along that the backslash (\) is far superior to the UNIX alternative. This proves again: Windows has a lower TCO than Linux or any other UNIX".

Re:Another Windows only service.

[generic-man]

They'll have Linux and Mac support by the time Google Video is out of beta.

In related Yahoo! news...

[VeganBob]

"DVD Jon cracks MythTV to record video from a TV Tuner"

Re:whaaaaa?

[Alphabet Pal]

I've never gotten news coverage for adding "//" before an 'if(condition)' statment.

Well, it's obvious that you "hackers" don't know what you're talking about. I tried using this so-called "hacker technique" to hack into a password protected website, but changing "iexplore.exe" to "//iexplore.exe" did nothing. I guess Microsoft has found a way to defeat this hacker exploit.

Re:whaaaaa?

[xtracto]

NOP
NOP

Re:whaaaaa?

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, it's obvious that you "hackers" don't know what you're talking about. I tried using this so-called "hacker technique" to hack into a password protected website, but changing "iexplore.exe" to "//iexplore.exe" did nothing. I guess Microsoft has found a way to defeat this hacker exploit.

Microsoft doesn't have to do anything. Stupidity defeated you.

Re:SLASHDOT NEWS TOMORROW

[Gentoo Fan]

"DVD Jon" breaks wind, Yahoo! news is there!

Re:whaaaaa?

[julesh]

You're looking for slashslash ...

Isn't slash slash stories where Hemos and CmdrTaco... well, I'll leave the rest to your imagination.

Re:whaaaaa?

[ded_guy]

Clever hackers are now avoiding detection by using the nearly undetectable /* */ sequence instead.

Interesting

[Sheepdot]

Google RSS feeds:
Google releases Google Maps
Google releases Google Desktop Search
Google releases Google Web Accelerator
Google releases Google Video

Yahoo RSS feeds:
Are Google Maps an invasion of your privacy?
Is Google Desktop Search working *too* well?
All about your privacy and Google Web Accelerator: The secret agenda.
Google Video cracked within 24 hours. And privacy.

Re:whaaaaa?

[Jerf]

My source code is never able to acheive coherency, so it never lased in the first place, making "re"lasing impossible.

(Mod hint: Physics joke.)

Re:whaaaaa?

[Anonymous Coward]

On recieving this news hackers have started using a faster method /**/. Security experts warn that this method, which may look more complicated than the currently know // exploit, is significantly faster. Some reports say that a hacker could remove thousands of lines of code in a mere second.

Re:whaaaaa?

[aussie_a]

Go outside and wait until you see a plane fly overhead. See it? That's how far the joke went over your head.

Re:whaaaaa?

[aussie_a]

I hate that standard. I refuse to follow it.

Bill Gates, is that you?

Re:whaaaaa?

[CProgrammer98]

"if(cond){bash};"

How irresponsible. Don't you know the world's supply of semicolons is running low? And you go and use one totally unnecessarily. You insenstive clod!

Re:whaaaaa?

[sapped]

Under the new law it will also be illegal to manufacture a computer keyboard with the forward slash '/' key.

Finally! Microsoft's evil plan to eliminate Linux becomes clear. Go ahead and try to use your Linux box without the '/' key.

Re:whaaaaa?

[Thing 1]

It's a nightmare for the industry, the // sequence is being used to defeat protections [...]

True story: Citrix had a double-secret-probation-type bug, which was that if you logged in with "//" as a password, you'd be logged in to whatever account you typed in the username field!

This was because there was a special "feature" of the password field, which allowed you to type "current/new/new" to change your password during the login process. Stupid sunbaked developers!

As a "neat" side effect, this also set the password for that account to the empty string! (Because, in the above example, both "new" are empty string.)

That was way back in WinView, their OS/2-based product, so don't look to exploit it...

Re:Hold Your Horses

[Grendl]

I hope this is enough to show you the difference between a bug and a feature.

Feature: A bug with seniority.