Entry 20765 (Berkeley CSUA MOTD)

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2025/07/08 [General] UID:1000 Activity:popular

7/8

2001/3/13-14 [Computer/SW/Security] UID:20765 Activity:low

3/12    Need a secure way to encrypt files?  Try Pig Latin!
        (and you thought all those Pig Latin routines you learn in 61A would
        goto waste)
        http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/03/12/napster.02/index.html
        \_ Uh huh....
        \_ Okay, so it is illegal to systematically un-Pig-Latinify the file
           names.  But what excuse does Napster have to not simple
           Pig-Latinify the list of song names that it's supposed to block,
           and match the new list with the file names?  There's no law
           saying you can't compare encrypted info with encrypted info, right?

2025/07/08 [General] UID:1000 Activity:popular

7/8

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www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/03/12/napster.02/index.htmlCanada firm uses pig Latin to fool Napster block image In this story: 35 Mirrors Aimster function 36 Song list sent 37 RELATED STORIES, SITES icon 38 TORONTO, Ontario -- A Canadian company has introduced software intended to help millions of frustrated Napster users to continue downloading free music. PulseNewMedia, a company affiliated with the University of Toronto, is using pig Latin to disguise Napster file names that are to be blocked this week. Chillcott acknowledged that the new software gives the company some advertising word-of-mouth and heightens its profile. The band Metallica, for instance, would become ettalicam. Napster, which has about 60 million users worldwide, has already begun filtering song titles in order to block access. Under a court injunction issued on March 5, Napster is required to bar the transfer of songs specified within three days of notification by the copyright holders. He added that they are prepared to handle a high volume of downloads. He said the software is legal since it only renames the existing files. Aimster Chief Executive Officer Johnny Deep said last week that changing file names with encryption makes it illegal to systematically remove the altered files. Deep said Napster might be able to remove encrypted file names one by one, but it couldn't "reverse engineer" the NapCameBack Encoder to remove all songs that had been encrypted -- even though the encryption is so simple that anyone can deduce the real title of an encrypted file name. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act outlaws the reverse engineering of encryption schemes, Deep said. Under a court injunction issued March 5, Napster is required to bar the transfer of songs specified within three days of notification by the copyright holders. Napster has tried to block the transfer of 500 to 1,000 song titles over the past week, but in some cases users managed to get around the screening mechanisms.