Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de>
* Package name : libnetmd Version : 0.0.1 Upstream Author : The linux-minidisc project <linux-minid...@lists.fu-berlin.de> * URL : https://wiki.physik.fu-berlin.de/linux-minidisc/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : Libraries for accessing Sony NetMD MiniDisc Walkman libnetmd is a library providing access to so-called NetMD MiniDisc Walkman. NetMD is an extension to the classic MiniDisc system which allows to transfer audio tracks digitally to the recorder [1]. The transfer itself is encrypted while the audio data on the medium remains unencrypted to be compatible with existing MiniDisc recorders and players. Encryption is achieved through DES and 3DES using a secret root key and dynamically generated session keys. Luckily, it is not mandatory to use Sony's proprietary secret but also possible to use one's own generated keys. The current implementation uses a very geeky custom generated root key: 0x13371337133713371337133713371337. This key works and is at the same time unencumbered, thus there are no possible legal issues. The library has been around since around 2004, but it was not until recently that transfer capabilities were achieved, making the library now actually useful. By packaging the library for Debian, users will finally be able to use their MiniDisc hardware completely with free software. A related library support Sony HiMD Walkman is called libhimd and has its own ITP/RFP [2]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDisc#NetMD [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=533112 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110823121004.6298.24901.reportbug@localhost.localdomain
