How does DVD CSS/CPPM protection actually works?












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When I try to burn a DVD with ImgBurn I get a message that the disc is copy protected:



Copyright protection system type: CSS/CPPM



I've been trying to google on how this protection actually works, all I could find is that there's some secret sectors on the cd that are used for decryption of the data.



However I'm wondering - how is this enforced (someone has to "know" that those sectors should be read by the secret decrypting key) - is this some sort of specification on the dvd drive? or perhaps some specification that the operating system "knows" about and therfor decrypts the data successfully?










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    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Scramble_System ! I remember the controversy when the decryption program was leaked, and its distribution is still legally questionable in many places.
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  • @pjc50 - After reading that Wikipedia now I understand that the drive enforces the encryption. I just didn't manage to find the correct Wikipedia until you posted it.. so Please post it as an answer and I'll accept it. Thank you.
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    Dec 16 '18 at 16:09
















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When I try to burn a DVD with ImgBurn I get a message that the disc is copy protected:



Copyright protection system type: CSS/CPPM



I've been trying to google on how this protection actually works, all I could find is that there's some secret sectors on the cd that are used for decryption of the data.



However I'm wondering - how is this enforced (someone has to "know" that those sectors should be read by the secret decrypting key) - is this some sort of specification on the dvd drive? or perhaps some specification that the operating system "knows" about and therfor decrypts the data successfully?










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    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Scramble_System ! I remember the controversy when the decryption program was leaked, and its distribution is still legally questionable in many places.
    – pjc50
    Dec 14 '18 at 10:02










  • @pjc50 - After reading that Wikipedia now I understand that the drive enforces the encryption. I just didn't manage to find the correct Wikipedia until you posted it.. so Please post it as an answer and I'll accept it. Thank you.
    – BornToCode
    Dec 16 '18 at 16:09














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When I try to burn a DVD with ImgBurn I get a message that the disc is copy protected:



Copyright protection system type: CSS/CPPM



I've been trying to google on how this protection actually works, all I could find is that there's some secret sectors on the cd that are used for decryption of the data.



However I'm wondering - how is this enforced (someone has to "know" that those sectors should be read by the secret decrypting key) - is this some sort of specification on the dvd drive? or perhaps some specification that the operating system "knows" about and therfor decrypts the data successfully?










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When I try to burn a DVD with ImgBurn I get a message that the disc is copy protected:



Copyright protection system type: CSS/CPPM



I've been trying to google on how this protection actually works, all I could find is that there's some secret sectors on the cd that are used for decryption of the data.



However I'm wondering - how is this enforced (someone has to "know" that those sectors should be read by the secret decrypting key) - is this some sort of specification on the dvd drive? or perhaps some specification that the operating system "knows" about and therfor decrypts the data successfully?







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    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Scramble_System ! I remember the controversy when the decryption program was leaked, and its distribution is still legally questionable in many places.
    – pjc50
    Dec 14 '18 at 10:02










  • @pjc50 - After reading that Wikipedia now I understand that the drive enforces the encryption. I just didn't manage to find the correct Wikipedia until you posted it.. so Please post it as an answer and I'll accept it. Thank you.
    – BornToCode
    Dec 16 '18 at 16:09














  • 1




    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Scramble_System ! I remember the controversy when the decryption program was leaked, and its distribution is still legally questionable in many places.
    – pjc50
    Dec 14 '18 at 10:02










  • @pjc50 - After reading that Wikipedia now I understand that the drive enforces the encryption. I just didn't manage to find the correct Wikipedia until you posted it.. so Please post it as an answer and I'll accept it. Thank you.
    – BornToCode
    Dec 16 '18 at 16:09








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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Scramble_System ! I remember the controversy when the decryption program was leaked, and its distribution is still legally questionable in many places.
– pjc50
Dec 14 '18 at 10:02




en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Scramble_System ! I remember the controversy when the decryption program was leaked, and its distribution is still legally questionable in many places.
– pjc50
Dec 14 '18 at 10:02












@pjc50 - After reading that Wikipedia now I understand that the drive enforces the encryption. I just didn't manage to find the correct Wikipedia until you posted it.. so Please post it as an answer and I'll accept it. Thank you.
– BornToCode
Dec 16 '18 at 16:09




@pjc50 - After reading that Wikipedia now I understand that the drive enforces the encryption. I just didn't manage to find the correct Wikipedia until you posted it.. so Please post it as an answer and I'll accept it. Thank you.
– BornToCode
Dec 16 '18 at 16:09










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