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Limp Gawd
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My boss found some old discs that he purchased back in 2006 from CBTNuggets.com. He was about to throw them away, but figured I could use them since it could help me learn. These are the following videos:
Cisco CCNA Certification Package (Exam Pack 640-801)
Cisco CCSP Series: Securing Networks with Routers and Switches (Exam Pack 642-502 SNRS)
Cisco CCSP Series: Cisco Secure VPN (Exam Pack 642-511 CSVPN)
Cisco CCSP Series: Securing Networks with PIX and ASA (Exam Pack 642-522 SNPA)
Cisco CCSP Series: Securing Networks using Intrusion Prevention System (Exam Pack 642-532 IPS)
Cisco CCSP Series: Securing Cisco Network Devices (Exam Pack 642-552 SND)
I can see burned data on these CD-Rs, but it seems that the videos/data are encoded with protected WMA/WMV. So, whenever I try to launch the videos from D:\files\videos\n700, it loads WMP11 and then I get this:
I can see an outbound connection to 128.242.116.240:80 and 72.247.212.13:443 trying to talk to send240.cbtnuggets.com and a72-247-212-13.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com, and what sucks is that I don't have a username/password set. My boss doesn't remember them either, and he's afraid that if I guess the credentials that he'll get charged. I can understand that.
However, there's local data on these CD-Rs and it seems like such a waste of knowledge to not be able to read them. So, now I'm trying to strip off the DRM; maybe convert the WMA/WMV files to something else, and see if that works.
I'm also trying to chat with the CBT Nuggets people and see if maybe I can just "upgrade" and get some sort of discount, or maybe help me out.
Either way, has anyone ever had a similar experience like this? I don't want to ask for ways to "break" DRM 'cause that's probably against the rules in the forum, but maybe I can get some direction on what to possibly do.
Cisco CCNA Certification Package (Exam Pack 640-801)
Cisco CCSP Series: Securing Networks with Routers and Switches (Exam Pack 642-502 SNRS)
Cisco CCSP Series: Cisco Secure VPN (Exam Pack 642-511 CSVPN)
Cisco CCSP Series: Securing Networks with PIX and ASA (Exam Pack 642-522 SNPA)
Cisco CCSP Series: Securing Networks using Intrusion Prevention System (Exam Pack 642-532 IPS)
Cisco CCSP Series: Securing Cisco Network Devices (Exam Pack 642-552 SND)
I can see burned data on these CD-Rs, but it seems that the videos/data are encoded with protected WMA/WMV. So, whenever I try to launch the videos from D:\files\videos\n700, it loads WMP11 and then I get this:
Code:
Media Usage Rights Acquisition
[lock] secure.cbtnuggets.com
Please login to your CBT Nuggets accounts with your registered e-mail address and password to activate this seriesI can see an outbound connection to 128.242.116.240:80 and 72.247.212.13:443 trying to talk to send240.cbtnuggets.com and a72-247-212-13.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com, and what sucks is that I don't have a username/password set. My boss doesn't remember them either, and he's afraid that if I guess the credentials that he'll get charged. I can understand that.
However, there's local data on these CD-Rs and it seems like such a waste of knowledge to not be able to read them. So, now I'm trying to strip off the DRM; maybe convert the WMA/WMV files to something else, and see if that works.
I'm also trying to chat with the CBT Nuggets people and see if maybe I can just "upgrade" and get some sort of discount, or maybe help me out.
Either way, has anyone ever had a similar experience like this? I don't want to ask for ways to "break" DRM 'cause that's probably against the rules in the forum, but maybe I can get some direction on what to possibly do.