Re: HDCP antipiracy leak opens doors for black boxes

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

I saw this making its rounds a few days ago on sci.crypt:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.crypt/browse_thread/thread/b067c37ba1b81dc4.

Its interesting that Niels Ferguson claimed key recovery in 2001, and
it took nearly 10 years for the keys to be anonymously published. The
haXors seem to be losing a step or two as they get older :/

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Juha-Matti Laurio
<juha-matti.laurio () netti fi> wrote:
> [September 17, 2010]
> "An antipiracy code used in set-top boxes, Blu-ray and DVD players has been cracked and published on the Internet,
> and as a result, we may soon see devices on the market that allow people to make unauthorized copies of movies.
>
> Intel confirmed to CNET yesterday that code posted anonymously to the Internet earlier this week is the secret master 
> key
> to the HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) protocol.
> Intel created HDCP to be used for ensuring that only authorized devices are playing copyright-protected video and 
> audio,
> and it licenses the technology to hardware manufacturers."
>
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20016768-245.html
>
> Juha-Matti
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