AirPort Express Reportedly Cracked

ZDNET Netherlands reports that the public key used by Apple's AirPort Express has been revealed by Norwegian hacker Jon Lech Johansen, famous for developing code to bypass DVD encryption and bring DVD playback to Linux. Johansen also released JustePort, a program that reportedly allows third party software to stream music to an AirPort Express.

whoa.. that's pretty intense. Windows media player streaming to an AE.. ewww

If a human mind is able to create the encryption then another human mind can crack it. I don't think there is any such thing as 100% crack-proof!

Yea, I saw this on slashdot.

I wonder how Apple will respond to this?

That's intersting. Someone was bound to do it eventually though.

One word... sweet.

Yea, I saw this on slashdot.

I wonder how Apple will respond to this?

I doubt apple really cares.. they probably prefer that it is cracked in order to sell more units and broaden its appeal.

However for legal reasons and to please the whiney biach that is the RIAA I am sure they needed it to be secure and will re-secure it proptly thru a software/firmware update just as they did with the fiasco re: sharing iTunes libraries last year.

- Doc

If a human mind is able to create the encryption then another human mind can crack it. I don't think there is any such thing as 100% crack-proof!

what if a computer generated it? Computer AI that would be designed to make encryptions would be pretty extreme. I have not heard of this yet, but im sure it will be popping up pretty soon. Only thing is the AI would have to be made VERY well.

Why the heck are people rating this story "negative"? Is it so horrible to think a product you paid over $100 for could be given additional uses not on its original "compatibility list"?

All Apple has to (and IMHO really *should*) do about this is put some sort of disclaimer on the Airport Express boxes stating that applications other than the one below (list them all) are considered "unsupported products", and Apple does not guarantee their proper/reliable operation with this device.

Open source is what allowed Apple to build OS X to begin with. I think it's pretty "two-faced" of them to try to take legal measures to stop people from releasing open source that enables originally unintended uses of their products by their customers.

One word... sweet.

I second that. :)

And soon we will all be able to watch a DVD on our PowerBooks and pump that audio wirelessly to the home stereo system. Money!

-Joe