Wobbly Ride wrote: # That's true. However, in order to read data from a DVD, you # must first "authenticate" to the DVD player. This is before # any decryption takes place. This is a cryptographic handshake # mechanism using a key. If you do not perform this handshake, # it is not possible to read the data. Are these DVD controller chips specially contructed like a clipper chip, or can they be reverse engineered? Sonce the decryption key is known, why can't someone burn a more user-friendly chip? (per manufacturer)