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Revision as of 17:58, 23 February 2005 by 66.147.205.2 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Advanced Access Content System is a new standard in the progress of software development, which will allow limited sharing and copying of the next generation of DVDs.
The group developing it includes Microsoft, Sony, Disney, IBM, Matsushita, and Warner Brothers.
The proposal is based on broadcast encryption using Naor-Naor-Lotspiech subset difference trees. The proposal is was voted one of the technologies most likely to fail by IEEE Spectrum magazine. Concerns about the approach include its similarity to past systems that failed, such as Content Scrambling System, and the approach's inability to preserve security against hacking attacks that compromise large numbers of players.
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