Topic: HD DVD and Blu-ray 'processing key' - all HD titles now exposed (Read 208 times)

Xbox-Scene · « **on:** February 13, 2007, 11:05:00 AM »

HD DVD and Blu-ray 'processing key' - all HD titles now exposed
Posted by XanTium | February 13 13:05 EST

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Those cooky kids over at the Doom9 forums hate themselves some DRM. Not more than two months after discovering a means to extract the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc "volume keys" to decrypt AACS DRM on individual films, we're now getting word that DRM hacker arnezami has found the "processing key" used to decrypt the DRM on all HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc films. Let's break this down for what it is: instead of needing individual keys for each and every high-definition film -- of which there are many -- the processing key can be used to unlock, decrypt, and backup every HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc film released so far.

Full Story: engadget.com and doom9.org

kowrip · « **Reply #1 on:** February 13, 2007, 10:21:00 AM »

Very nice ! That'll teach them to keep throwing DRM at us. Way to go !

Illithid · « **Reply #2 on:** February 13, 2007, 10:28:00 AM »

Lovely news!

JUANVAN · « **Reply #3 on:** February 13, 2007, 10:41:00 AM »

While it was expected, the speed that it was done matches that of the release of a Wii modchip.

Amazing

DMAddict · « **Reply #4 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:03:00 AM »

LMAO. Let's just hope the prices drop as fast as the hacks have come out.

ThaCrip · « **Reply #5 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:18:00 AM »

this is nice and all... but the thing is as of now it dont really matter if hddvd etc can be cracked since it's still far to expensive to backup your hd-dvd's to recordable media anyways.

as far im conserned... standard dvd's are still far better than hd-dvd's are overall.

0794 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:42:00 AM »

QUOTE(ThaCrip @ Feb 13 2007, 12:25 PM)

this is nice and all... but the thing is as of now it dont really matter if hddvd etc can be cracked since it's still far to expensive to backup your hd-dvd's to recordable media anyways.

as far im conserned... standard dvd's are still far better than hd-dvd's are overall.

nobody says that you have to back it up to recordable media...

all the DVDs that I buy only make it to my PC and then are distributed all over the house on my network to every media room...

I am glad to see that these "protection scams" have been cracked so that we can use and protect our purchased media as the consumer sees fit.

MickRaider · « **Reply #7 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:48:00 AM »

Everytime someone says unbreakable these days I always have to laugh.

the_jepper · « **Reply #8 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:53:00 AM »

QUOTE(MickRaider @ Feb 13 2007, 07:55 PM)

Everytime someone says unbreakable these days I always have to laugh.

the xbox 360 kernel is still not broken though...

it will be broken in time but nobody knows how long it will take...

DanITman · « **Reply #9 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:54:00 AM »

QUOTE(MickRaider @ Feb 13 2007, 01:55 PM)

Everytime someone says unbreakable these days I always have to laugh.

No one has been successful in breaking DirecTV's encryption on their P4 or P5 cards.

Hackers have tried and still no success. The last time DirecTV was hacked was in 2003.

Mike Bowler · « **Reply #10 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:57:00 AM »

i must confess that even though i expected it to be beaten i am impressed with the speed as to which it was beaten.

And to the guy who says its too expensive to backup hd media then perhaps you should consider the fact that it being so expensive to buy the original makes it worthwhile to backup, then at least you'll have your original to re-backup once your original backup gets ruined. And if that doesn't suit you then wait till the prices drop.

ProphetOfPain · « **Reply #11 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:57:00 AM »

QUOTE(DanITman @ Feb 13 2007, 08:01 PM)

No one has been successful in breaking DirecTV's encryption on their P4 or P5 cards.

Hackers have tried and still no success. The last time DirecTV was hacked was in 2003.

True, but they started focusing attention on Dishnet and FTA. Same programming, why bother? But I get your point about it. Simply not hacked, but FTA is.

Mike Bowler · « **Reply #12 on:** February 13, 2007, 12:21:00 PM »

i realise that, why take the hard way when you got the software to help you do it the easy way .. but don't forget that when codes for dvds were first revealed they got changed in newer dvds but since then not much has been done

DanITman · « **Reply #13 on:** February 13, 2007, 12:25:00 PM »

QUOTE(Mike Bowler @ Feb 13 2007, 02:28 PM)

i realise that, why take the hard way when you got the software to help you do it the easy way .. but don't forget that when codes for dvds were first revealed they got changed in newer dvds but since then not much has been done

Actually lots has been done. In the beginning the keys were exposed. Then they moved to brute forceing the keys since the encryption was minimal. Now the actual decrypting processes of DVD's has been reverse engineered and any DVD can be unlocked. Now the industry has turned to other forms of disc protection to try and circumvent DVD copying (Sony ARCOS).

Mike Bowler · « **Reply #14 on:** February 13, 2007, 12:30:00 PM »

ok lol i stand corrected, but earlier i was thinking that changing the protection scheme would bring compatibility issues in the later years of an optical media, but of course in the very early stages you have the chance to experiment which is why its best to wait till the later years.

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