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DVD-Video API Security

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The DVD-Video API should be used with caution in environments that require high security.

The DVD-Video API feature exists to enable high-performance multimedia applications. It does this by providing applications with low-level access to DVD-Video decoding and display hardware. The DVD-Video API omits many common security-oriented precautions to achieve higher multimedia performance. For example, the DVD-Video API does not perform such tasks as checking for buffer overruns or re-authenticating requests. These implementation approaches and others can leave a DVD-Video API enabled platform open to security vulnerabilities.

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 Last updated on Thursday, April 08, 2004

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