Linux TV

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 02:04:26PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> If HDCP is done as sensibly, this should be impossible without somehow
> getting a private key for HDCP.  Pretty fishy if they've done this.
> 
> HDCP is supposed to do a handshake, with signatures, to prove to
> upstream that downstream is worthy.  It is tricky but well-known how
> to avoid man-in-the-middle attacks.  "Worthy" means: part of the
> cartel enforcing non-leakage of signals.
> 
> I have not looked at the youtube video.  I assume that it requires Adobe 
> Flash, something I don't have on my desktop.

Maybe the PS3 tries to negotiate HDCP, but is willing to do gameplay
even if HDCP isn't available.  For blueray playback it should refuse
without HDCP, but for gameplay it doens't have to.  That's my guess.

I still doubt it is a solution in general.  Just PS3 specific I think.

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Len Sorensen
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