Video Crypto Standard Cracked?
Aug 16, 2001
I love this. A Dutch cryptographer reports that he has successfully cracked the High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) used by Intel to protect videos. But he is not releasing the details of the crack because he is worried about prosecution under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. But now get this reaction from Intel: "Intel spokesperson Daven Oswalt says the company has received several reports from people claiming that they have broken HDCP. But he says none have held up, and the company remains confident in the strength of the system." Well yeah. It's pretty easy to claim that your system is secure when you have a law preventing anyone from proving otherwise. So much for free enquiry and honesty in science. By Ann Harrison, Security Focus, August 13, 2001.
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