Security: May be BD + on the ropes: progress made on cracking Blu-ray's special DRM
It seems that HD DVD did not last long, the Blueray has been the same, but not now BD +, that can change.
SlySoft, the Antigua-based company behind HD AndDVD, you Claim That It knows how to defeat the Additional BD + encryption available on Blu-ray devices and That BD + movies will be cracked by the end of the year.
In a press release, the company Appears to relish ITS outlaw status in Hollywood. "I should really think about hiring a bodyguard now, Since this product will not please everybody," said James Wong, the company's head developer. Certainly he's right about That.
AACS, the "advanced" copy protection system deployed on Both high-def disc formats, proved Itself to be something less Than When It Was proof hacker cracked in a couple of months. Back in April, hackers Announced a set of "non-revocable cracks" and Then promptly cracked AACS again a day after it was "fixed."
BD + is a second layer of encryption That Can be slapped on top of AACS. It wasn't Used with initial Blu-ray releases Because, well, Actually it wasn't done. The specs and licensing Arrangements Were not Work Out Until June of this year , and it wasn't long after-That BD + went to work annoying legal users .
The technology Allows special code to run in a virtual machine created on That Is Blu-ray devices. This code runs in the background Continuously while a disc is playing and you examine the player environment for traces of tampering or copying. The code is disc-specific memory and is deleted from eleven to disc is ejected.
Complexity ITS Uncle Tom, BD + May AACS soon join on the "PWN3D!" List. SlySoft has a good track record when it comes to handling AACS, and the company's newest release of AnyDVD HD includes a bypass for the Recent upgrade to the half key block (MKBv4) That Is Used to Protect new HD DVD and Blu-ray films.
SlySoft's CEO, Giancarlo Bettini, claims firm historical That is really one of the good guys, in reality, it's Hollywood That Is Itself trying to shoot in the foot, and companies like SlySoft That want the industry to keep on walking. "I wonder Will Understand That When more people Restrictions, pressure and protections Things That Prevent from working will not generate more revenue less But," I said in a statement . "Microsoft's revenue in the 90s right and Proves Even us Apple recently released a DRM-free iTunes version."
So it's all Openness, ice cream, and puppies? Not removed. As a dev recently SlySoft Noted in the company's own forums , "You Must Understand, That Our research costs a lot of time and money-founded by Customers Who Have or will buy an AnyDVD HD license-and we do not want Other commercial software publishers to benefit from our work. "
That's the explanation for why the company will not release parts of Its decryption code, and it sounds an awful lot like the kind of argument advanced by Another industry.
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