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DVD Jon's Code In Sony Rootkit?

Posted by Zonk on from the when-will-it-end dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With some help from Sabre Security, Sebastian Porst and Matti Nikki have identified some stolen GPL'd code in Sony's rootkit. Ironically the code in question seems to be VLC's demux/mp4/drms.c -- the de-DRMS code which circumvents Apple's DRM, written by 'DVD' Jon Lech Johansen and Sam Hocevar."

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  1. The Secret Phrase by SillyCON · · Score: 0, Redundant

    static char p_secret2[] =
                    "pbclevtug (p) Nccyr Pbzchgre, Vap. Nyy Evtugf Erfreirq.";

    Being the first word "Copyright", the phrase is:
    "Copyright (c) Apple Computer, Inc. All Right Reserved"

    The alphabet is simmetrical, so e=r implies r=e