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Vista DRM Cracked by Security Researcher

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Security researcher Alex Ionescu claims to have successfully bypassed the much discussed DRM protection in Windows Vista, called 'Protected Media Path' (PMP), which is designed to seriously degrade the playback quality of any video and audio running on systems with hardware components not explicitly approved by Microsoft. The bypass of the DRM protection was in turn performed by breaking the Driver Signing / PatchGuard protection in the new operating system. Alex is now quite nervous about what an army of lawyers backed by draconian copyright laws could do to him if he released the details, but he claims to be currently looking into the details of safely releasing his details about this at the moment though."

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  1. Re:very fitting by Thansal · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    you should have put bold on the first letters so that the slow people (me) would have gotten the joke a tad bit faster.

    other then that I applaud you :)

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  2. Re:very fitting by turgid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I can guess how that's pronounced...

    ...and you'd be quite right. I used to work at a nuclear powerstation, where PMP stood for Plant Modification Proposal. We used to have literally hours of fun "pimping."

    In fact, when one of my colleagues was off sick, not only did I get to write PMPs as usual, I got to manage the whole pimp system for an entire week!

    Finbar Saunders, eat your heart out.

    (What could Mum and Mr. Gimlet be up to today?)

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  3. Re:very fitting by neoform · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://www.plumbingsupply.com/images/handpump.jpg ?

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  4. Re:very fitting by Thansal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Normaly I just ignore ACs trolling against me (I get it alot, generaly for the fact that I can't spell or type worth a damn), but wow, your response to the troll was pure awsome, and actualy had me laughing more then the GPP, thank you (not for deffending me, as I have no need for deffence against poor trolling, but for making me laugh, as that is one of the greatest services on earth)

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    Do Or Do Not, There Is No Spoon, There Is Only Zuul. Everything in the above post is probably opinion.
  5. Re:Misleading story by Jehosephat2k · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Impressive, most impressive. The Emperor will want a prototype immediately.

  6. Re:Misleading story by Jehosephat2k · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And now, your highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden rebel base...