Microsoft DRM2 cracked, source code released

[R. A. Hettinga]

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Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 10:47:44 -0700
From: "Jon O ." <jono at microshaft.org>
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Subject: Microsoft DRM2 cracked, source code released
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Subject: [DMCA_discuss] Microsoft DRM2 cracked, source code released
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Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 10:20:30 -0700



http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22354.html

The author's zipped file contains a lengthy description of the MS DRM
weaknesses, a philosophical tract explaining why he thinks it necessary to
crack, the source code, and the command-line utility.

The alias Beale Screamer, incidentally, derives from the lines of 'Howard
Beale' in the movie 'Network', we're told. "Just yell to the publishers
'I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!'"

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http://jya.com/ms-drm.htm

Found this on sci.crypt today. It's an interesting piece of research which
will most likely be stomped soon by MS using DMCA or similar.

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Subject: Microsoft DRM - Technical description
Date: 18 Oct 2001 16:06:50 -0000
From: Anonymous <anonymous at anonymous.poster.com>

http://www.binaries.net

Newsgroups: sci.crypt

Microsoft's Digital Rights Management Scheme - Technical Details

By "Beale Screamer"

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http://jya.com/ms-drm.htm
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