Apple's AirPort Express Cracked

Colin Dunstan · 08-12-2004, 05:17 AM

Jon Lech Johansen, the infamous cracker of CSS (the encryption used for commercial DVDs), has cracked the Airport Express crypto which uses a combination of AES and RSA to encrypt the audio stream.

Jon has also released a small tool called JustePort (requires Mono) which allows you to stream mpeg4 lossless files to your Airport Express.

For all hobby cryptologists among you, this is the hidden RSA key used by Airport Express:

59dE8qLieItsH1WgjrcFRKj6eUWqi+bGLOX1HL3U3GhC/j0Qg90u3sG/1CUtwC
5vOYvfDmFI6oSFXi5ELabWJmT2dKHzBJKa3k9ok+8t9ucRqMd6 DZHJ2YCCLlDR
KSKv6kDqnw4UwPdpOMXziC/AMj3Z/lUVX1G7WSHCAWKf1zNS1eLvqr+boEjXuB
OitnZ/bDzPHrTOZz0Dew0uowxf/+sG+NCK3eQJVxqcaJ/vEHKIVd2M+5qL71yJ
Q+87X6oV3eaYvt3zWZYD6z5vYTcrtij2VZ9Zmni/UAaHqn9JdsBWLUEpVviYnh
imNVvYFZeCXg/IdTQ+x4IRdiXNv5hEew==
Exponent: AQAB

sUnShInE · 08-12-2004, 02:57 PM

This guy's pic is kinda freaking me out.

Zire · 08-12-2004, 03:31 PM

I was going to say the same thing...he looks like a computerish guy so I'm not surprised that he cracked anything...you know what I mean?

Alexander Turcic · 08-13-2004, 03:14 AM

Heh he might look like a textbook geek, but Jon shot to fame over his controversial program that bypassed DeCSS encryption schemes on DVDs. Good guy

derekweb · 08-13-2004, 02:08 PM

So what does the airport have in encrypted streaming that I, an enduser, would have even the slightest interest in?

And of course, since it HAS to be asked: What does the airport stream that any given terrorist would be interested in, and does this posting of the encryption crack help them?

Alexander Turcic · 08-14-2004, 09:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by derekweb

So what does the airport have in encrypted streaming that I, an enduser, would have even the slightest interest in?

With the public key revealed, DVD Jon has helped pave the way for other software applications other than Apple iTunes to work with AirPort Express.

Quote:

And of course, since it HAS to be asked: What does the airport stream that any given terrorist would be interested in, and does this posting of the encryption crack help them?

Uhm, *clueless* blink

Bob Russell · 08-14-2004, 12:43 PM

I agree.. that picture gives me the creeps also. That must have been taken by a coder trying to be a photographer!
Hopefully my latest frontpage posting will help the picture move out of the spotlight in a timely fashion!

Alexander Turcic · 08-16-2004, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BobR

Hopefully my latest frontpage posting will help the picture move out of the spotlight in a timely fashion!

So evil

08-12-2004, 05:17 AM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Apple's AirPort Express Cracked Jon Lech Johansen, the infamous cracker of CSS (the encryption used for commercial DVDs), has cracked the Airport Express crypto which uses a combination of AES and RSA to encrypt the audio stream. Jon has also released a small tool called JustePort (requires Mono) which allows you to stream mpeg4 lossless files to your Airport Express. For all hobby cryptologists among you, this is the hidden RSA key used by Airport Express: 59dE8qLieItsH1WgjrcFRKj6eUWqi+bGLOX1HL3U3GhC/j0Qg90u3sG/1CUtwC 5vOYvfDmFI6oSFXi5ELabWJmT2dKHzBJKa3k9ok+8t9ucRqMd6 DZHJ2YCCLlDR KSKv6kDqnw4UwPdpOMXziC/AMj3Z/lUVX1G7WSHCAWKf1zNS1eLvqr+boEjXuB OitnZ/bDzPHrTOZz0Dew0uowxf/+sG+NCK3eQJVxqcaJ/vEHKIVd2M+5qL71yJ Q+87X6oV3eaYvt3zWZYD6z5vYTcrtij2VZ9Zmni/UAaHqn9JdsBWLUEpVviYnh imNVvYFZeCXg/IdTQ+x4IRdiXNv5hEew== Exponent: AQAB

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08-12-2004, 02:57 PM	#2
sUnShInE Drama Queen Posts: 784 Karma: 11712 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: United States Device: Palm Tungsten T\|T3	This guy's pic is kinda freaking me out.

08-12-2004, 03:31 PM	#3
Zire Fanatic Posts: 522 Karma: 14050 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Astoria, NY Device: Zire 71	I was going to say the same thing...he looks like a computerish guy so I'm not surprised that he cracked anything...you know what I mean?

08-13-2004, 03:14 AM	#4
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Heh he might look like a textbook geek, but Jon shot to fame over his controversial program that bypassed DeCSS encryption schemes on DVDs. Good guy

08-13-2004, 02:08 PM	#5
derekweb Groupie Posts: 160 Karma: 3134 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: United States Device: Palm Treo 700p & iPaq hx2755	So what does the airport have in encrypted streaming that I, an enduser, would have even the slightest interest in? And of course, since it HAS to be asked: What does the airport stream that any given terrorist would be interested in, and does this posting of the encryption crack help them?

08-14-2004, 12:43 PM	#7
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	I agree.. that picture gives me the creeps also. That must have been taken by a coder trying to be a photographer! Hopefully my latest frontpage posting will help the picture move out of the spotlight in a timely fashion!

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