Advanced Access Content System - Open-source Implementations

Open-source Implementations

On 26 December 2006, a person using the alias "muslix64" published a working, open-sourced AACS decrypting utility named BackupHDDVD, looking at the publicly available AACS specifications. Given the correct keys, it can be used to decrypt AACS-encrypted content. A corresponding BackupBluRay program was soon developed, as well as a "ClownBD" program mimicking CloneDVD but for Blu-ray. SlySoft have stated they are working on CloneBD that supports Blu-ray.

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