On 24 February 2010 10:34, Glyn Wintle <glynwin...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> The streaming servers have enabled SWF Verification, which >> makes absolutely no sense > > The Register have also covered this > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/24/iplayer_xbmc_adobe_swf_verification/ > > Technically easy to beat, but given that by passing "copyright protection > mechanisms" is illegal in the EU and America it means it can not be rolled > out to the general population. > > Bonkers idea BBC.
The writeup here: http://lkcl.net/rtmp/RTMPE.txt of the "protection" offered by this mechanism would be hilarious if it weren't so sad (skip to the "Analysis" paragraph at the bottom). "When lawyers do crypto" :-( S - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
