Recorder Identification Code - tracking back CD writers?

[Landon Dyer]

At 11:32 PM 5/22/2003 +0200, Thomas Shaddack wrote:
>According to Orange Book Part2 Ver 3.1, the CD recorders are supposed to
>write RID (Recorder IDentification Code), a 97-bit number identifying
>brand, type, and serial number of the recorder, every 100 frames in the
>Q-channel to all CD-R and CD-RW disks.
>
>There was something principially similar discussed here in 1999, related
>to Xerox using steganography for embedding serial number of the copier in
>color copies.
>
>Never trust a device whose firmware you can't audit...

   You mis-spelled "edit"


landon
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