DRM patch expires hacked Blu-ray and HD DVD encryption keys

Vikingod · Apr 12, 2007, 02:40 PM

Source: PC Pro
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The body that oversees the AACS DRM technology that imposes rigourous copy-protection measures on Blu-ray and HD DVD discs has released a security update that expires hacked encryption keys.

The Advanced Access Content System Licensing Administrator (AACS LA) says that the update will provide a new set of encryption keys. It also enables player manufacturers to update the software on the devices in order to support the new keys. If the update is not applied then existing discs will be unplayable.

BlueMak · Apr 12, 2007, 08:02 PM

I don't understand. How can existing discs not being playable if not patched? Are all players connected to the internet or what?

Apr 12, 2007, 02:40 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	DRM patch expires hacked Blu-ray and HD DVD encryption keys Source: PC Pro __________ The body that oversees the AACS DRM technology that imposes rigourous copy-protection measures on Blu-ray and HD DVD discs has released a security update that expires hacked encryption keys. The Advanced Access Content System Licensing Administrator (AACS LA) says that the update will provide a new set of encryption keys. It also enables player manufacturers to update the software on the devices in order to support the new keys. If the update is not applied then existing discs will be unplayable.

Apr 12, 2007, 08:02 PM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,475 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	I don't understand. How can existing discs not being playable if not patched? Are all players connected to the internet or what? __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*