Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/21

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Subject: [Leica] Nikon encryption cracked
From: patrick at photo.net (Patrick (Washington, DC))
Date: Thu Apr 21 18:05:14 2005
 
right, there is no problem cracking the encryption, bibble has already done 
it, but once you put
that hack into a commercial sw product like PSCS you will get into all kinds 
of legal trouble.

p.

--- Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> http://news.com.com/Nikons+photo+encryption+reported+broken/2100 
> -1030_3-5679848.html
> 
> This was on MacSurfer and cNet today
> 
> 
> Story begins:
> 
> <A Massachusetts programmer says he has broken a proprietary encryption  
> code that has effectively forced some Nikon digital camera <owners to  
> use the company's own software.
> 
> <Because Nikon scrambled a portion of the file, legal worries have kept  
> third-party developers like Adobe Systems from supporting <Nikon's  
> uncompressed "raw" photos in their software. Nikon sells its Nikon  
> Capture utility for $100....
> 
> Ric Carter
> Garner, NC
> 
>  
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