X-PROTECT blue: A New Copy Protection for Blu-ray Disc Released

[zatoicchi]

i'm reminded of "D-Theater"which was so well protected nobody bought it at all!The same thing looks like happening with Blu-Ray.

[anon]

but I guess Reverse Engineering is way hard in terms of coding different bytes strings

those byte-strings are discovered using different methods -both well-known and specifically made for a new protection system-, not coded i guess, otherwise it'd take as much as bruteforcing a password to crack protections (in cases where a byte-combination can crack the scheme of course; i'm sure the creators of CSS have learnt from their mistakes )

edit: @ zat: if you protect it so damn much i guess legit users are affected too? (like false-positive wga warnings getting on the nerves of people who actually bought XP )

[zatoicchi]

yep,we all know what will happen to this protection?
some script kiddy or hacker will find a way around it and wham no protection

[anon]

some script kiddy or hacker will find a way around it and wham no protection

LOL no, hackers will crack it and script kiddies will use the decoding program to show off to their friends

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[Aurion]

those byte-strings are discovered using different methods -both well-known and specifically made for a new protection system-, not coded i guess, otherwise it'd take as much as bruteforcing a password to crack protections (in cases where a byte-combination can crack the scheme of course; i'm sure the creators of CSS have learnt from their mistakes )

well,I dont think so since reverse coding would take much more time than force password protected files,since those protection strings are just written into built in codes which usually takes shorter time in reversing them

[anon]

since those protection strings are just written into built in codes which usually takes shorter time in reversing them

it's as simple as that, but how much does reversing them actually take? (can't say too much really, i don't know anything about reverse-engineering... this is just how i think the process is done )

[zatoicchi]

the real pirates leak the copies from the studios (inside job) whether it is camming from the screening room or sneaking in an ipod or external hard drive and copying the movie from the mastering deck or someone inside the pressing factory copies the master.

[anon]

the real pirates leak the copies from the studios (inside job)

haha like the MD employee that got the group "MediaDefender-Defenders" a lot of their released material

[zatoicchi]

yep, the people whos cracking this is the people who invented it the first place or a very unhappy employee..

[Aurion]

hmm,leaking from inside sounds more pro to me !! I guess if some one put his hands on something like that,he could build the most famous releasing group around the web !! anyway,its something job related,or you said he might be uphappy with his employer

[zatoicchi]

If it can be created by a human(the dvd protections) then it can also be undone by a human...just takes a lil bit of time

[oneballnoa]

i always find it funny that they still insist on developing new security measures. they spend millions, and then a bright 14 year old cracks in while drinking a 50 cent mountain dew.

[zatoicchi]

waiting to see it get hacked by a younsters or anyone with the abilities to do so, like all others but really that's what they get being so anti-consumer ..

[Aurion]

well,that should happen in no time,so dont worry about those security counter-measures since crackers are sole minded persons who actually get the solution in their dream while sleeping LOL

[anon]

who actually get the solution in their dream while sleeping LOL

that can happen.... often when you come up with an idea about something is when you're not thinking about it or anything else completely unrelated