
receiver sends information to the transmitter, and the transmitter uses this information to
verify that the devices are synchronized and that the receiver is receiving and accurately
decrypting the content.
Encryption
After authentication, the transmitter uses its HDCP cipher engine and the shared session key to
create a stream of encrypted data that can only be decrypted by the receiver. The receiver uses
its HDCP cipher engine and its copy of the session key to decrypt the content.
HDCP licensing and use
Manufacturers who choose to use HDCP need to license it from DCP. By doing so, they agree
to comply with the HDCP License Agreement and accordingly, make their products compliant
with the HDCP specication and compliance rules and relevant interfaces such as HDMI, and to
meet interoperability requirements.
Licensed technology Adopters are required to meet content protection requirements. For
example, the HDCP License Agreement prohibits high-denition digital video sources from
transmitting protected content to non-HDCP enabled receivers, and such devices from making
copies of decrypted content. Adopters agree to store highly condential information securely
and robustly, and to design products that meet industry standards to eectively frustrate
attempts to defeat the content protection, including attempts to obtain highly condential
information such as device keys.
Key provisioning
Typically, consumer electronics manufacturers incorporate HDCP into their products by
buying HDCP chips from a DCP-licensed vendor. These chips already contain the keys.
3. Information is sent to transmitter
every two seconds during entire HDCP
session to ensure encryption is in sync
between all transmitter/receiver pairs
in the tree
Receiver
Transmitter
Authentication
1. Keys exchanged
2. If receiver is a repeater, data about
downstream devices is sent to
transmitter
Figure 4.
HDCP Authentication Process
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