<s>
DAEMON	B-Application
Tools	I-Application
is	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
drive	I-Application
and	O
optical	B-Application
disc	I-Application
authoring	I-Application
program	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
DAEMON	B-Application
tools	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
a	O
successor	O
of	O
Generic	O
SafeDisc	O
emulator	O
and	O
incorporated	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
claims	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
defeat	O
most	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
schemes	O
such	O
as	O
SafeDisc	O
and	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
currently	O
compatible	O
with	O
Windows	O
XP	O
,	O
Windows	O
Vista	O
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
Windows	O
8	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DAEMON	B-Application
Tools	I-Application
has	O
a	O
special	O
mode	O
for	O
proper	O
operation	O
of	O
copies	O
of	O
discs	O
with	O
advanced	O
protection	O
(	O
SafeDisc	O
,	O
SecuRom	B-Operating_System
and	O
LaserLock	B-General_Concept
,	O
CDCOPS	O
,	O
StarForce	O
and	O
Protect	O
CD	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
used	O
on	O
some	O
discs	O
with	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
company	O
provides	O
two	O
additional	O
solutions	O
for	O
the	O
data	O
storage	O
organization	O
:	O
DAEMON	B-Application
Tools	I-Application
USB	O
2	O
that	O
allows	O
sharing	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
USB	O
devices	O
between	O
remote	O
workstations	O
and	O
DAEMON	B-Application
Tools	I-Application
iSCSI	B-Protocol
Target	O
2	O
–	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
solution	O
that	O
enables	O
creating	O
an	O
iSCSI	B-Protocol
storage	O
server	O
and	O
provides	O
access	O
to	O
virtual	O
or	O
physical	O
devices	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
VHD	O
images	O
,	O
within	O
home	O
or	O
corporate	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C	O
.	O
Applies	O
on	O
to	O
.mds	B-General_Concept
and	O
.mdx	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
supported	O
by	O
DAEMON	B-Application
Tools	I-Application
Lite	I-Application
,	O
as	O
of	O
22	O
February	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
default	O
file	O
format	O
of	O
DAEMON	B-Application
Tools	I-Application
is	O
Media	O
Data	O
eXtended	O
(	O
MDX	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MDX	O
is	O
a	O
disc	B-Application
image	I-Application
file	O
format	O
similar	O
to	O
MDS/MDF	B-General_Concept
images	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
all	O
of	O
MDS/MDF	B-General_Concept
format	O
features	O
except	O
that	O
all	O
data	O
is	O
in	O
one	O
monolithic	O
file	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MDX	B-Application
file	I-Application
contains	O
metadata	O
of	O
original	O
media	O
–	O
specifically	O
the	O
main	O
physical	O
parameters	O
of	O
disc	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
layer	O
breaks	O
,	O
sessions	O
,	O
tracks	O
and	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supports	O
data	B-General_Concept
compression	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
MDX	B-Application
file	I-Application
includes	O
the	O
magic	O
number	O
"	O
MEDIA	O
DESCRIPTOR	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
13	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
DAEMON	B-Application
Tools	I-Application
components	O
known	O
as	O
MountSpace	O
became	O
a	O
subject	O
of	O
privacy	O
concerns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MountSpace	O
,	O
a	O
service-oriented	O
component	O
gathers	O
and	O
sends	O
information	O
about	O
disc	B-Application
images	I-Application
used	O
in	O
DAEMON	B-Application
Tools	I-Application
to	O
mountspace.com	O
along	O
with	O
users	O
 '	O
IP	B-Protocol
addresses	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
YASU	B-Application
(	O
Yet	O
Another	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
Utility	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
very	O
small	O
tool	O
that	O
works	O
as	O
a	O
SCSI-drive	O
protector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
sYk0	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
hide	O
emulated	O
drives	O
from	O
SecuROM	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
and	O
SafeDisc	O
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
YASU	B-Application
is	O
a	O
companion	O
program	O
for	O
Daemon	B-Application
Tools	I-Application
and	O
currently	O
being	O
hosted	O
,	O
supported	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
Daemon	B-Application
Tools	I-Application
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
4	O
of	O
2009	O
,	O
sYk0	O
announced	O
development	O
of	O
Omen	O
which	O
is	O
to	O
succeed	O
development	O
of	O
YASU	B-Application
.	O
</s>
