IP: Distributing DeCSS via DNS - try at own risk

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Subject: fyi: Distributing DeCSS via DNS
> To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
> From: Jeff.Hodges () stanford edu
> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 22:45:54 -0800
> Sender: hodges () Wind Stanford EDU
>
> For IP. It appears to work, plus the TBTF blurb postulates an innaresting
> approach for defending the existence of this distribution capability by using
> the MPAAs tactics against it (should they attack).
>
> JeffH
>
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> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 23:00:12 -0800
> To: ietf () ietf org
> From: Ross Finlayson <finlayson () live com>
> Subject: An interesting new use for DNS :-)
>
> FYA: Seen on the web
>
> http://www.tbtf.com/blog/2000-03-12.html#6
>
>       Ross.
>
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>
> > From the TBTF article...
>
> Distributing DeCSS via DNS. Unwrap the following and utter it on one line to
> a Unix shell on a machine that is live to the Net:
>
>                       dig @138.195.138.195 goret.org. axfr |
>                         grep '^c..\..*A' |
>                         sort |
>                         cut -b5-36 |
>                         perl -e 'while(<>){print pack("H32",$_)}' |
>                         gzip -d
>
> What you'll get, streaming to STDOUT, is the source code for the DVD CSS
> decryptor...