Archive for the 'DRM' Category
Vista DRM: Update on Driver Signing Bypass
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007I apologize for the lack of news, but after attending CUSEC, I had to spend my time on catching upthe two weeks of school and work that I had missed, and exploiting Vista ended up going on the backburner, especially as I had to re-install VMWare 6.0 (which wasn’t being helpful with me) and a [...]
What Content Will Be Crippled When Output in Vista?
Sunday, January 28th, 2007There are tons of people out there not understanding all of this “Vista DRM”, mainly because of less than accurate media reporting. That’s completely understandable, but lets run down a quick list here of some of the popular content out there.
Windows Vista Content Protection - Twenty Questions and Answers
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007A conversation has cropped up since the recent publication of a paper scrutinizing how Windows handles digital rights management, especially for HD video. I’ve since looped back with Dave Marsh, a Lead Program Manager responsible for Windows’ handling of video, to learn from him the implications involved and to learn to what extent the [...]
A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007Windows Vista includes an extensive reworking of core OS elements in order to provide content protection for so-called "premium content", typically HD data from Blu-Ray and HD-DVD sources. Providing this protection incurs considerable costs in terms of system performance, system stability, technical support overhead, and hardware and software cost. These issues affect not only users [...]
Vista Suicide Bomb: who gets hurt?
Sunday, December 31st, 2006If you read just one thing over the holiday break, make sure it’s Peter Gutmann’s cost analysis of Windows Vista, that we noted here. It’s an eye opening 20 minutes. Gutmann describes in great detail the various measures Microsoft has taken to lock down Windows on behalf of Hollywood. This isn’t a comprehensive look at [...]
Vista DRM features could bedevil antivirus
Saturday, October 14th, 2006A security researcher is raising concerns about a digital rights management feature in Microsoft’s new Vista operating system that he claims may make it easy for malicious code authors to block virus programs from removing their wares.
In a presentation to antivirus researchers at the annual Virus Bulletin Conference in Montreal, Canada, Aleksander Czarnowski of [...]
How much DRM is too much?
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006Myth: Windows Vista is loaded with new forms of digital rights management (DRM) that will make the Vista experience more frustrating than ever.
Reality: A new code-checking subsystem that protects the Windows Vista kernel and signed drivers is arguably a new form of DRM. How well will it perform in the field? We won’t know until [...]
