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[FYI] Intel backed video encryption standard is 'fatally flawed'



http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/21085.html

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Intel backed video encryption standard is 'fatally flawed'  

By John Leyden  

Posted: 16/08/2001 at 17:40 GMT  

A well-respected cryptographer claims he has discovered a way to 
break an Intel-backed format for encoding video transmissions - but 
is prevented by US law on speaking on the issue.  

Niels Ferguson believes he could be prosecuted under the Digital 
Millennium Copyright Act so he has held off publishing his findings 
which suggest flaws with the High-bandwidth Digital Content 
Protection (HDCP) system.  

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