Comment 24 for bug 62842

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jrharshath (jrharshath) wrote : Re: daap with itunes 7 doesn't work correctly

>> It is unlikely that anyone will ever find a way to read Itunes DAAP shares. The reason is that they now use public key
>> encryption to ensure that the client connecting really is another ITunes v.7.0 client. To connect you would basically need
>> to break their encryption which would be pretty difficult, if not impossible.

>> http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/mroth/tunes/login.htm

I understand that public key encryption would be impossible to break by "reverse engineering techniques",
but (correct me if I'm wrong here) don't such encryption systems use a private key too?

And if so, can an "original" private key (used by and Apple iTunes 7 client) be somehow obtained?
Perhaps by listening to conversations between two iTunes players?

And if we get that kind of key, can rythmbox/banshee use it to connect to iTunes 7+ servers?
If any portion of what I've said is an impossibility, please do tell me.