Submitted by: arnesr
SafeDisc is nowadays the most used copy protection on games. As we all know, SafeDisc was a pain in the ass, until CloneCD came up. This new SafeDisc protection will probably harder to crack, but maybe CloneCD will again be the solution !!
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Aug. 18, 2000--Macrovision Corporation, the leading provider of video, multimedia and software copy protection as well as electronic rights management technologies, announced today the September release of its next-generation SafeDisc® PC CD-ROM copy protection solution. SafeDisc 2.0 will be available to publishers, developers and replicators following the ECTS 2000 expo in Olympia, London (UK). Major Features of SafeDisc 2.0 - API support -- the SafeDisc toolkit includes an API that will allow publishers to extend the SafeDisc security to encrypt various functions contained in their content. - New architecture -- major re-architecture of the SafeDisc code to disable automated hacking tools and to include additional encryption to delay hacking. - Disc burning prevention -- introduction of additional digital signatures to improve resistance against copying. - Fail-safe manufacturing -- assures that SafeDisc masters will only be mastered on SafeDisc-enabled production lines. |
I asked a cracker that is known with the SafeDisc protection, altough he hasn't seen and tested it yet, he was not much impressed about the new protection. A weakness is probably the API (certainly when the SafeDisc SDK falls in crackers hands), and the only thing to worry would maybe that it takes more time to copy. According to him, CloneCD should still do the trick...
