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CD Cracking Uncovered: Protection Against Unsanctioned CD Copying (Uncovered series)

ISBN: 1931769338
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 60

Authors: Kris Kaspersky

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• CD Cracking Uncovered: Protection Against Unsanctioned CD Copying
• CD Cracking Uncovered: Protection Against Unsanctioned CD Copying
• Back Cover
• Back Cover
• About
• Preface
• Introduction
• Historical Aspect
• Thoughts about Hackers, Protection Mechanisms, and Programming
• On the CD
• Part I: CD Anathomy
• Chapter 1: CD Organization
• Lead-in Area, Data Area, Lead-out Area, and TOC
• Chapter 2: Power of Reed-Solomon Codes
• Basics of Error-Correcting Codes and Error-Correcting Encoding
• Idea of Reed-Solomon Codes
• General Concept
• Recommended Reading
• Polynomial Arithmetic and Galois Fields
• Reed-Solomon Codes in Practical Implementations
• Part II: Low-Level Control over Hardware
• Chapter 3: Practical Advice on Urgent System Recovery
• Chapter 4: Interfaces for Interaction with the Hardware
• Access via the CD-ROM Driver
• Access in the Cooked Mode (Block Reading Mode
• Access via SPTI
• Access via ASPI
• Access via the SCSI Port
• Accessing the Drive via SCSI Miniport
• Communication via InputOutput Ports
• Access via the MSCDEX Driver
• Communicating via the Custom Driver
• Summary Table of Characteristics of Various Interfaces
• Chapter 5: Methods of Revealing Protection Mechanisms
• CD Burning: Pros, Cons, and Something about
• Locking and Unlocking the EJECT Button
• Hacking Secrets. Brake Fluid for CDs
• Investigation of Real Programs
• Part III: Protection against Unauthorized Copying and Data Recovery
• Chapter 6: Anti-Copying Mechanisms
• Built-in CD Protection
• Protection Mechanisms Based on Non-Standard Disc Formats
• Chapter 7: Protection Mechanisms for Preventing Playback in PC CD-ROM
• Audio Overlapped by Data
• Castrated Lead-Out
• Negative Starting Address of the First Audio Track
• Chapter 8: Protection against File-by-File Disc Copying
• Invalid File Sizes
• File Encryption
• Chapter 9: Protection Mechanisms Based on Binding to Storage Media
• Putting Marks vs. Dynamic Binding
• Protection Mechanisms Based on Physical Defects
• Protection Mechanisms Based on the Read Timing Characteristics
• Protection Mechanisms Based on Weak Sectors
• Chapter 10: Data Recovery from CDs
• Restoring Cleared CD-RW Discs
• How to Recover Unreadable CDs?
• List of Figures
• List of Tables