Still getting my new PC started. I wanted to test my #bluray drive.

The PC came with #powerdvd 18. It couldn't open the Blu-ray I got from the library. Updated the software,but to no avail. Error was that my setup is not compatible with #hdcp though it really is. I even exchanged my #DisplayPort cable against #hdmi, no use. Then I tried #tipard which actually worked but only with an ugly watermark. #vlc also didn't really work, complained about missing #aacc libraries, which I was not able to install or configure correctly Then I stopped working on #windows10 and turned my attention to #linux. Here #vlc threw a similar error message about #aacc but I fixed it with some new packages, added the keydb and renamed the file to upper case. Then it worked.

So my conclusion is that I find Linux much better to work with and it also feels much better. Plus, I didn't need to buy new software and got no hidden spyware (I hope)

Hat jemand von euch #Cyberlink #PowerDVD 22 Ultra? Ich bin auf der Suche nach den Lizenzbestimmungen und kann sie nirgends vor Kauf einsehen - auch auf der offiziellen Seite unter https://de.cyberlink.com/store/powerdvd-ultra/buy_de_DE.html finde ich nichts.

Und da ich nur an den Lizenzbestimmungen und nicht am Programm interessiert bin, moechte ich das auch nicht kaufen. ;-)

(Vielleicht bin ich gerade auch nur internetblind.)

For those interested in the number of ways Intel's SGX has been broken there is now a fine site:

https://sgx.fail

The introduction to the site reads:

Intel's Software Guard Extension (SGX) promises an isolated execution environment, protected from all software running on the machine. In the past few years, however, SGX has come under heavy fire, threatened by numerous side channel attacks. With Intel repeatedly patching SGX to regain security, we set out to explore the effectiveness of SGX's update mechanisms to prevent attacks on real-world deployments.

More specifically, we survey and categorize various SGX attacks, their applicability to different SGX architectures, as well as the information they leak. We then explored the effectiveness of SGX's update mechanisms in preventing attacks on two real-word deployments, the SECRET network and PowerDVD. In both cases, we show that these vendors are unable to meet the security goals originally envisioned for their products, presumably due to SGX's long update timelines and the complexities of a manual update process. This forces vendors to make a difficult security vs. usability trade off, resulting in security compromises.

#SGX #TrustedEnclaves #SpeculativeExecution #Intel #PowerDVD #