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From: pakkit at codepiranha.org (shawn duffy)
Subject: Re: Regarding the recent Apple advisories and patches
Good call... I knew it was using an exisiting key and there is really not
much of a defense for someone decrypting info and then using that info in
whatever way they see fit. But being that I am not all that familiar with
the inner workings of iTunes or the mp4 media format, the 'conspiracy
theorist' in me figured I would throw that out there to see what y'all
thought.
Thanks,
shawn
On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Riad S. Wahby wrote:
> shawn duffy <pakkit@...epiranha.org> wrote:
> > Given that Apple's FairPlay DRM was just cracked, does anyone think that
> > the recently released Apple patches address it? I know that it is not
> > mentioned in the release announcement, but I am wondering if Apple is in
> > the practice of sneaking one in? Much like another software vendor... Not
> > necessarily 'bad-mouthing' Apple, I love 'em, but I am wondering if anyone
> > had considered this or if it had happened in the past with them?
>
> It wasn't really cracked; playfair just uses an iTunes or iPod key to
> decrypt the m4p stream and writes out raw mp4.
>
> In fact, VLC has been doing this for a while, too.
>
>
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shawn duffy
pakkit at codepiranha dot org
http://codepiranha.org
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