Posts from March 2019

• Investigating a recent ebook DRM system (c. 2018)

  28 March 2019 (updated 09 April 2019) | copyright drm reverse engineering encryption cryptography security | Comment

  Background

  This post concerns a DRM system used in an online ebook platform, released circa 2018. Users of the platform can purchase ebooks and either view them online, or download them for offline viewing using a proprietary Android/iOS app.

  As usual, the particular DRM system… »

• Connecting Chromecast to hotel/enterprise WiFi with a spare laptop

  26 March 2019 | chromecast networking | Comment

  The Google Chromecast does not support WiFi networks with captive portals (e.g. hotel WiFi) or WPA2-Enterprise/802.1X username/password authentication (e.g. eduroam or other enterprise entworks). This presents a problem when wired internet is not readily available and we do not want to use our mobile data.… »