Bye bye PMP

Asta vine via Bogdan si via Slashdot.

“Security researcher Alex Ionescu claims to have successfully bypassed the much discussed DRM protection in Windows Vista, called ‘Protected Media Path’ (PMP), which is designed to seriously degrade the playback quality of any video and audio running on systems with hardware components not explicitly approved by Microsoft. The bypass of the DRM protection was in turn performed by breaking the Driver Signing / PatchGuard protection in the new operating system. Alex is now quite nervous about what an army of lawyers backed by draconian copyright laws could do to him if he released the details, but he claims to be currently looking into the details of safely releasing his details about this at the moment though.”

Alex Ionescu este unul din cei care lucreaza la ReactOS, un sistem de operare free open source compatibil cu Windows XP. Desi inca e in faza beta urmaresc proiectul de ceva vreme.

4 Comments Bye bye PMP

  1. nexus

    Cum “super protectia” creata de cei de la Sony pentru CD-urile lor a fost “sparta” cu un marker, oricati bani ai baga intr-un sistem de protectie ar fi bine sa mai ai unul in dezvoltare – nu o sa reziste prea mult.
    Daca el a reusit (dovedind ca se poate), tare mi-e ca acum mult mai multi vor incerca.

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  2. faithless_soul

    Legat de ReactOS , un proiect care daca va avea succes chiar poate sa afecteze Microsoft-ul (e suficient sa poti rula nativ jocurile mai importante & MS Office si sa ai si support NTFS pentru ca multi utilizatori sa renunte la virusii , instabilitatea si la preturile Windows) : este inca stare alpha iar in viitorul apropiat nu se prevede un beta.

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  3. E-nigma

    dc Lindows a murit (don’t tell me about Linspire) ca idee, ramane ReactOS. interesant ca demo tehnologic in VMware player, mai e pana va fi efectiv operational, dar ii tinem pumnii! desi nu stiu dc as vrea un al OS compatibil M$ sau ca WIne sa fie capabil sa ruleze orice aplic M$…

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