IP: Video crypto standard cracked?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Video crypto standard cracked?
>
> Noted cryptographer Niels Ferguson says he's broken Intel's vaunted
> HDCP Digital Video Encryption System, but fear of U.S. law is keeping
> him silent on the details.
>
> By Ann Harrison
> August 13, 2001 10:14 PM PT
>
> ENSCHEDE, NETHERLANDS--A Dutch cryptographer who claims to have
> broken Intel Corp.'s encryption system for digital video says he will
> not publish his results because he fears being prosecuted or sued
> under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
>
> Niels Ferguson announced last weekend that he has successfully
> defeated the High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
> specification, an encryption and authentication system for the DVI
> interface used to connect digital cameras, high-definition
> televisions, cable boxes and video disks players.
>
> http://www.securityfocus.com/news/236



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