Racing Against Reversers

Racing Against Reversers
Federico Biancuzzi, 2008-06-05

Each time a new digital rights management (DRM) system is released, hackers are not far behind in cracking it. Reverse engineers have taken down the security protecting content encoded for Windows Media, iTunes, DVDs, and HD-DVDs.

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'In software protection, obscurity is everything' 2008-06-06
Jack Da Rippa

Yup, and precisely the reason why it can't ever succeed. This principle means everything else is just bumfluff.

Damn these CAPCHA's I'm in danger of failing a turing test! :(

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Too bad it isn't about protecting content. 2008-06-09
TripleII