Yet a deeper crack in the AACS

[Sidney Markowitz]

Article "AACS cracks cannot be revoked, says hacker"

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070415-aacs-cracks-cannot-be-revoked-says-hacker.html

Excerpt: "The latest attack vector bypasses the encryption performed
by the Device Keys -- the same keys that were revoked by the WinDVD
update -- and the so-called 'Host Private Key,' which as yet has not
been found. This was accomplished by de-soldering the HD DVD drive's
firmware chip, reading its contents, and then patching it. Once that
was done, the firmware was soldered back onto the drive."

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