Ernest Hua <hua@chromatic.com> writes:
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Don't know if it's true but this ... Ern's forwarded text:
Third, the entertainment industry giants will have to improve and agree on an encryption technology. The current 40-bit encryption standard used on DVD discs, which is supposed to stop copyright pirates, has already been cracked in China.
40 bit encryption obvious that can be broken...
Stronger encryption, however, forces PCs and players to run at a crawl.
This sounds wrong to me. Many strong ciphers run just as fast if not faster than weak ciphers. Eg 128 bit RC4 runs at the exact same speed as 40 bit RC4. IDEA & CAST are pretty fast, etc.
Partially as a result, Fox, Paramount, and Disney have not committed to producing materials on DVD, Burdon noted.
DVD with stupid copy protection is bad anyway. Copright police are getting too much influence. Adam -- Have *you* exported RSA today? --> http://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/rsa/ print pack"C*",split/\D+/,`echo "16iII*o\U@{$/=$z;[(pop,pop,unpack"H*",<> )]}\EsMsKsN0[lN*1lK[d2%Sa2/d0<X+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0<J]dsJxp"|dc`