Good call... I knew it was using an exisiting key and there is really not much of a defense for someone decrypting info and then using that info in whatever way they see fit. But being that I am not all that familiar with the inner workings of iTunes or the mp4 media format, the 'conspiracy theorist' in me figured I would throw that out there to see what y'all thought.
Thanks, shawn On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Riad S. Wahby wrote: > shawn duffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Given that Apple's FairPlay DRM was just cracked, does anyone think that > > the recently released Apple patches address it? I know that it is not > > mentioned in the release announcement, but I am wondering if Apple is in > > the practice of sneaking one in? Much like another software vendor... Not > > necessarily 'bad-mouthing' Apple, I love 'em, but I am wondering if anyone > > had considered this or if it had happened in the past with them? > > It wasn't really cracked; playfair just uses an iTunes or iPod key to > decrypt the m4p stream and writes out raw mp4. > > In fact, VLC has been doing this for a while, too. > > -- shawn duffy pakkit at codepiranha dot org http://codepiranha.org _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
