HD DVD User Claims to Have Bypassed AACS Encryption

Iria · Feb 13, 2007, 11:42 PM

Source: BetaNews
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In a separate matter perhaps inspired by, but otherwise unrelated to, last December's discovery of how a software-based HD DVD player may have left title keys exposed, giving users access to one of the key components necessary for them to back up their content onto separate discs, another user has posted the source code that may enable HD DVD users to determine the title keys for themselves.

In tests over the past few days by users of the Doom9 Forum, people putting this software to use appear to have isolated and identified title keys for their HD DVD movies - the cryptographic components necessary for players, or for anyone, to decrypt content. So while this method is technically not an "AACS crack," as some have been led to believe, though which the source code's author himself has never claimed, if this method does lead to the identification of title keys, conceivably at least some users may become armed with the tools they need to back up HD DVD content without cracking AACS.

Feb 13, 2007, 11:42 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	HD DVD User Claims to Have Bypassed AACS Encryption Source: BetaNews ___________ In a separate matter perhaps inspired by, but otherwise unrelated to, last December's discovery of how a software-based HD DVD player may have left title keys exposed, giving users access to one of the key components necessary for them to back up their content onto separate discs, another user has posted the source code that may enable HD DVD users to determine the title keys for themselves. In tests over the past few days by users of the Doom9 Forum, people putting this software to use appear to have isolated and identified title keys for their HD DVD movies - the cryptographic components necessary for players, or for anyone, to decrypt content. So while this method is technically not an "AACS crack," as some have been led to believe, though which the source code's author himself has never claimed, if this method does lead to the identification of title keys, conceivably at least some users may become armed with the tools they need to back up HD DVD content without cracking AACS.