My 128-bit encryption key 0
D9 5A DC 79 D2 7C 72 02 00 C3 BF E0 7A 16 4B DC
You are probably wondering what that random configuration of numbers and letters means. I don’t blame you. A week ago, a string of similar characters was released onto the internet. Those characters were the key to decrypting the digital right management on HD-DVD discs. I don’t know how you do it, and I wouldn’t care to elaborate, that would be breaking the DMCA.
So again, you are thinking, “What’s up with your random string of numbers and letters?” That, dear reader, is my 128-bit encryption key. Ed Felton, Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton University, on his blog has created a script that generates a 128-bit key that you can own.
The idea stems from the fact that the AACS-LA (Advanced Access Content System Licensing Authority) claims to own a 128-bit key. Ed Felton, genius that he is, thought that if everyone owns all possible 128-bit character combination, then no other company could ever claim to own a number again. Genius!
My key will be released for anyone to use under the Creative Commons Share alike with attribution. So if you want to use it, you must: let others use the same key, you must also say that it is my key, and you can never charge for it.
Get your very own key at Ed Felton’s blog.


