The licences are obtained from the DVD Forum (formerly the DVD Consortium) which originally consisted of 10 big electronics companies (Hitachi, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Philips, Pioneer, Sony, Thomson Multimedia, Time Warner, Toshiba and Victor).
There's definately some licenced DVD players for Linux in development (e.g. PowerDVD-Linux), but I don't see how any open-sourced version could ever be legal under the terms of the licence; disclosing the decryption source code is not allowed, as any and all information that you get with the licence is covered under an NDA.
This snippet from the site linked above shows the prices involved:
3. License Fees are now required for the right to use the Format Books. The License Fee is US$10,000 per DVD Format for each Product Category, as specified in Schedule A-1 of the Definitive License.
Example: If a licensee wishes to manufacture DVD-Video players, the licensee shall pay US$20,000 since it needs to obtain licenses for DVD-Video Book and DVD-ROM Book, both to be used for Product Category II (DVD Players).
Example: If a licensee wishes to manufacture DVD-RAM drives and DVD-RAM discs, the licensee shall pay US$40,000 since it needs to obtain licenses for DVD-RAM and DVD-ROM Books, to be used for Category I Products (DVD discs) and Category II Products (DVD drives).
Besides... it looks like the hole is on Netscape's side of the fence rather than Java's (in the sense of Java-the-platform-as-specified-by-Sun)... perhaps the article should have been titled 'Security hole in Netscape implementation of Java makes Netscape into Web Server'
A quick glance at the code shows it imports a couple of Netscape-specific classes,
netscape.net.URLInputStream
and
netscape.net.URLConnection
... in which the holes presumably lie.
Java's ability to safely run untrusted applications surely only applies if the implementation of the Java platform follows the security rules...
It's similar to the Hermann's grid illusion, the one with the white grid on black background, and you see black dots on the intersections. That one's explained at http://www.illusionworks.com/html/hermann_grid.html... it's due to 'lateral inhibition'.
They've got the illusion posted as well (the Scintillating Grid illusion), but all they say is that 'the underlying mechanism behind it is not yet fully understood.'
Still gives me a headache though. Ouch.
Can anyone find that illusion with the concentric rings that rotate in opposite directions?... you stare at it spinning a while, then look away, and everything you see swirls in a spiral. Definately not one to try after a few drinks...
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The licences are obtained from the DVD Forum (formerly the DVD Consortium) which originally consisted of 10 big electronics companies (Hitachi, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Philips, Pioneer, Sony, Thomson Multimedia, Time Warner, Toshiba and Victor).
There's definately some licenced DVD players for Linux in development (e.g. PowerDVD-Linux), but I don't see how any open-sourced version could ever be legal under the terms of the licence; disclosing the decryption source code is not allowed, as any and all information that you get with the licence is covered under an NDA.
This snippet from the site linked above shows the prices involved:
3. License Fees are now required for the right to use the Format Books. The License Fee is US$10,000 per DVD Format for each Product Category, as specified in Schedule A-1 of the Definitive License.
Example: If a licensee wishes to manufacture DVD-Video players, the licensee shall pay US$20,000 since it needs to obtain licenses for DVD-Video Book and DVD-ROM Book, both to be used for Product Category II (DVD Players).
Example: If a licensee wishes to manufacture DVD-RAM drives and DVD-RAM discs, the licensee shall pay US$40,000 since it needs to obtain licenses for DVD-RAM and DVD-ROM Books, to be used for Category I Products (DVD discs) and Category II Products (DVD drives).
Here's a link to the text of the licence (PDF format).
I think it is time we demonstrate the full power of this station.
;-)
Set your course for Alderaan.
A quick glance at the code shows it imports a couple of Netscape-specific classes,
and ... in which the holes presumably lie.
Java's ability to safely run untrusted applications surely only applies if the implementation of the Java platform follows the security rules...
It's similar to the Hermann's grid illusion, the one with the white grid on black background, and you see black dots on the intersections. That one's explained at http://www.illusionworks.com /html/hermann_grid.html... it's due to 'lateral inhibition'.
... you stare at it spinning a while, then look away, and everything you see swirls in a spiral. Definately not one to try after a few drinks...
They've got the illusion posted as well (the Scintillating Grid illusion), but all they say is that 'the underlying mechanism behind it is not yet fully understood.'
Still gives me a headache though. Ouch.
Can anyone find that illusion with the concentric rings that rotate in opposite directions?