well i thought i would see what was really happening as oppossed to my mental transgressions
AACS interim aggreement selected quotes from this 10 month old article
However it came to be, the AACS-LA has reached an interim agreement that will allow device manufacturers on either side of the divide to push ahead with producing products. The major hurdle that has been cleared relates to encryption keys: that part of the specification is apparently finished, and companies can now apply for the keys needed in order to lock down their wares
Toshiba is still hoping that units will be on shelves by March 28, but because of the timing of this latest AACS delay, players will likely need to be upgraded in order to actually play HD DVD content. That's right: you may pick up your sweet, new HD DVD player only to find out that it needs a firmware upgrade to operate.
At this time, it is unclear how that upgrade will be delivered, but Toshiba may be in a position to include optical discs with the needed updates at the time of sale. Nevertheless, the fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants approach being displayed by nearly all members of the AACS is alarming. Given the all-encompassing nature of AACS, one might hope that its development and implementation would see its final stages carried out without such haste and in-fighting.
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something i found with google . undated
Can you explain a little bit about BD+ - it's an additional security measure designed just for Blu-ray isn't it?
BD+ was designed to be our crowning glory. It's an encryption scheme, but a dynamic one. The thing about DVD encryption was that once cracked that was it - game over. With BD+ however you've got a form of dynamic encryption. This way the encryption algorithm can be changed on newly released disks should the original encryption be cracked - it stops the entire format from being unlocked in one fell swoop. It's good, but it's actually a bit watered down though. The version we really wanted would have required the player to be constantly connected to the Internet so that if security measures appear to be breached the content providers could send that player a firmware update to rendering it unusable - think of it as a kind of self destruct code. Like I say: it was designed to be our crowning glory. Maybe next time...
well thats enough in my mind to realize i wastn too far off track. I am going to hold off for awhile.
Randu
