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this with the file above, you'd end up with an output file named something like "Freed-BILLYA~1.WMA" Unfortunately, I don't know how to fix this -- maybe someone else out there does.
SOURCE CODE: The full source code is included in the src/ directory, but you will need a Win32 version of the OpenSSL package (and crypto library) in order to compile it.
There are some definite problems with this code, which I would suggest to people interested in improving what I've distributed: First off, a lot of things in Windows seem to be designed to be easier in C++ than in C; unfortunately, I don't know a lot about Windows programming, and never have learned or used C++ at all, so some of my code may be a little strange in its approach. Secondly, my .asf/.wma file format processing is hopelessly naive. Surely there are better ways to do this, or existing libraries to do it. Also, I don't really do XML parsing, but just a very simplistic scanning. This seems to work for every license I've seen, but using a real XML parser would make this much more robust. Finally, a nice pretty GUI would be good, but wasn't necessary for my "proof-of-concept" code, so I didn't include it.
Finally, you know that Microsoft is going to make some changes that will render my software useless. You've got the source code, so use that as a starting point to change with them.
HOW TO CONTACT ME: Being anonymous, it's hard to give a way to contact me. However, if you have something very important to tell me, post to the sci.crypt Usenet newsgroup with a subject that includes the phrase "To Beale Screamer". My PGP key is given in this distribution, in case you need it (and I will always sign anything I distribute).
Please don't inundate the poor people in sci.crypt with a bunch of pointless comments. But I did want to give people some avenue for contacting me if absolutely necessary.
MESSAGES: I have included messages below for specific groups of people.
Users: Please respect the uses I have intended this software for. I want to make a point with this software, and if you use it for purposes of violating copyrights, the message stands a very good chance of getting lost. Also, Microsoft is obviously going to release patches to their media player in order to get around the exploit in
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