Episode 412: Ask Noah Show 412

This week Steve gives a deep dive into Widevine Encryption. We love encryption when it protects our data, but what do we do when encryption prevents us from doing the things we want to do over the internet? -- During The Show -- 00:50 Which is easier kids or dogs? 01:57 Succession Planning - Steve Secure vs accessible Steve's plan Infrastructure as code Critical path continuity Nix maintains old packages Techie friends Sleuths setup/plan data separation Noah's plan 20:29 News Wire Solus 4.6 - getsol.us (https://getsol.us/2024/10/14/solus-4-6-released/) Sysvinit 3.11 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/SysVinit-3.11) Calibre 7.20 - calibre-ebook.com (https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new) Ardour 8.10 - ardour.org (https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html) Wine 9.20 - gitlab.winehq.org (https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.20) ReiserFS Removed in Linux 6.13 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.13-To-Drop-ReiserFS) RHEL AI 1.2 - zdnet.com (https://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hat-reveals-major-enhancements-to-red-hat-enterprise-linux-ai/) phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Red-Hat-RHEL-AI-1.2) New Malware Raids ATMs - arstechnica.com (https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/10/north-korean-hackers-use-newly-discovered-linux-malware-to-raid-atms/) Roundcube Webmail Exploit - bleepingcomputer.com (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-roundcube-webmail-flaw-to-steal-email-credentials/) Critical Firefox Bug - nvd.nist.gov (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9680) 21:23 Widevine Widevine is DRM created by google Most major streaming services use widevine CDM hardware Levels of Encryption L3 software based, least secure L2 largely not used L1 hardware supported, most secure Wedding photographer Photographer requires no other photos to be taken Photographer goes out of business Dr Phill did a show on it, got the the photos back NVR recordings are going away NVR prevented getting the recording off Devices identify what they are Industry went to STI HD not HDMI Industry moving to NDI OREI HDMI Splitter (https://www.amazon.com/OREI-HDMI-Splitter-Out-Duplicate/dp/B005HXFARS) US law allows you to backup content you own 43:45 Caller Sleuth How do you separate and backup data at Red Hat OADP (https://access.redhat.com/articles/5456281) Depends on the technology 46:46 On Call Article Register Article (https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/18/on_call/) Company didn't pay the bills Wanted things done in a hurry Required past due and current call upfront Router set to factory default After getting back to the office, found out colleague reset router Ethical dilemma Why spend more effort on a non-paying client? -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard (http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/412) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)