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FUNi breaks "street date"
05-30-2009, 04:02 PM
Unknowingly, mind you, but that's no consolation.
Anime News Newtwork: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... apan-debut]One Piece's Newest Episode Leaked Before Japan's Debut
From a security standpoint, this is a reminder that obscurity is not security. Somebody obviously figured out the file name (somehow) before FUNi was ready to tell people the file was on their server. One hopes FUNi will change their practices. (At work, we can keep the federal budget off the 'net until it's been presented in the House of Commons. We've done that for years and have it down to a routine. It's easy: don't put it on a server that's connected to the 'net until it's time to let people download it.)
From a fanboy perspective, this is a setback for legal anime downloads - the studios aren't going to trust FUNi to do it properly for a while (if ever), and they'll have a hard time trusting anyone else to do it correctly, either.
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Even more interesting...
Quote:
As anime fans know, FUNimation Entertainment
and Toei Animation had planned for the first
ever online simulcast of the series 'One Piece' tonight at 9:00 pm CDT., just one hour after its premiere on Japan's
Fuji Television. Unfortunately, in the last 24 hours we have determined that the FUNimation servers were compromised, even
though we employ strict security standards. An unknown individual accessed and posted episode 403 online and as a direct result of this illegal act, all U.S.
and Canadian fans will be deprived of access to this great anime series for the immediate future. We will make every effort to locate and prosecute the
perpetrator(s) to the fullest extent of the law and will provide updates regarding this most serious matter.
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Well, I hope whoever did it is happy with himself.
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Especially considering the fallout - http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... -simulcast]One Piece has been yanked from Hulu and Joost as well.
They don't say it, but it's pretty obvious to me that the studios aren't going to trust anybody else to do it properly for a while (if ever), either.
Thanks a (expletive-deleted) lot, freetards.
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So as far as I can figure someone figured out that Funi posted the episode before it was supposed to, as is apparently standard practice with Funi. Strict security and servers compromised indeed. I'd like to know their definition of loose security.
http://www.srsfkn.biz/2009/05/30/funima ... sed-right/]probably NSFW linky thing
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
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I'm guessing a sign reading "Please Don't Touch" in front of the arch leading to the server room = loose security, while high security is
making sure the janitor locks the door when he leaves for the night.
I don't particularly care one way or another about One Piece, but I'm irritated by their reaction to what really seems to be their own screwup.
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Well, at least now http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/intervi ... d-episodes]they're admitting they goofed. Quote:After going over the sequence of events, we know that human error and flaws in our internal processes are ultimately to blame.
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Quote:We know that many of you have questions about what specific technical changes will be taking place but following what we have experienced this week, we will be keeping that information confidential. I can tell you that we are enhancing our security and will be applying the newest technology to protect our files.
And yet they still don't understand security through obscurity doesn't work.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
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On the other hand, publicizing one's security practices is never a good idea, either.
As long as their security involves something other than obscurity, they're taking the first step towards a truly secure setup. (Let's just hope they
don't stop with only one step.)
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them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
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Quote:On the other hand, publicizing one's security practices is never a good idea, either.
A good chunk of academics disagree, but I can see why those with a more practical viewpoint disagree. Anyway fumI doesn't have much choice, since they probably need some form of DRM, which relies entirely on obscurity, and if there was ever proof that security through obscurity doesn't work it would be DRM.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
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