Frank A. Stevenson

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Frank A. Stevenson is a Norwegian game developer, and part time cryptanalyst. He is primarily known for his expositon of weaknesses in the DVD Forum's Content Scramble System (CSS). Although the cryptoanalysis was done independently, he is known for his relations to DeCSS, and appaired before the courts as a witness in the Jon Johansen court trial. He also gave a deposition for the DVD CCA v. McLaughlin, Bunner, et al. case.

[edit] Games Credited

According to [1], he has been credited with:

• Anarchy Online: Alien Invasion (2004), Funcom Oslo A/S
• Anarchy Online (2001), Funcom Oslo A/S
• Anarchy Online: The Notum Wars (2001), KOCH Media Deutschland GmbH
• The Longest Journey (1999), IQ Media Nordic
• DragonHeart: Fire & Steel (1996), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
• Winter Gold (1996), Nintendo Co., Ltd.

[edit] See also

• cryptography
• cryptology
• DeCSS

[edit] External links

• Frank Stevenson's CSS Cracks - A compilation of links relating to Stevenson's CSS analysis
• CSS cryptoanalysis