It appears that Apple may have altered the firmware of newer iPods so that they require a proper cryptographic hash in the iTunesDB loaded onto the units or they won't work. This effectively blocks people from using third party software with an iPod, including the various programs people use on Linux with iPods.
http://ipodminusitunes.blogspot.com/2007/09/apple-cuts-us-off.html -- Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]