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AACS Hack Blamed on Bad Player Implementation
seriouslywtf writes "The AACS LA, those responsible for the AACS protection used by HD DVD and Blu-ray, has issued a statement claiming that AACS has not been compromised. Instead, they blame the implementation of AACS on specific players and claim that the makers of those players should follow the Compliance and Robustness Rules. 'It's not us, it's them!' This, however, does not appear to be the entire truth. From the Ars Technica article: 'This is an curious accusation because, according to the AACS documentation reviewed by Ars Technica, the AACS specification does not, in fact, account for this attack vector. ...
We believe the AACS LA may be able to stop this particular hack. While little is truly known about how effective the key revocation system in AACS is, in theory it should be possible for the AACS LA to identify the players responsible for the breach and prevent later pressings of discs from playing back on those players until they are updated. As such, if the hole can be patched in the players, the leak of volume keys could be limited to essentially what is already on the market. That is, until another hole is found.'"
Part of me wants them to find a proper fix for these holes. My CableCo phoned me because I've already gone way over my quota this month.
Trolling is a art,
Of course it's not your fault. Your highly paid engineers are WAY smarter than anyone else.
It's a widely known fact that Canada is responsible for 50% of the HD DVD piracy.
Even worse, the AACS specification does not, in fact, account for this large sparsely populated country.
A12A.713 is the root of ASC('evil')
How about taking the next step and cutting out slashdot from your new life?
Done with slashdot, done with nerds, getting a life.
All it takes is one individual somewhere on the planet to manage to crack or circumvent the encryption on any given movie to make it available to everybody.
And, unlike the disc you legally purchased, the cracked version is pretty much guaranteed to actually play on your hardware.
Done with slashdot, done with nerds, getting a life.
Sure you have a more fulfilling life, but you're generating massive amounts of smug, which is highly toxic to the environment.
The Hindenburg did not catch fire, it was merely the hydrogen in the Hindenburg that caught fire.
The Titanic did not sink, it was just that Captain Smith did not adhere to the specifications as to how the Titanic should be operated (it says clearly on page 216, "Do not allow icebergs to rip open more than four of the water-tight compartments.")
And talk of "blunders" in the Battle of Balaclava are hogwash.
"How to Do Nothing," kids activities, back in print!
Hear that, MPAA!?!?! I said BUYING.
I think MPAA just pissed its pants.
If there's one thing history has proven, it's that encryption is an absolute, unbreakable method of keeping people out of things you don't want them in.
Period.