On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Per Bolmstedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What you don't want: the key used for signing is available to anyone who > installs your client, so Bans Frouma can get at it and use it in his Pi > Komputing Klient.
I hear this Bans Frouma guy is pretty smart. If he had administrative access to a machine where "Pi Computing Client" is installed, there's little you could do to prevent him from getting your key. So I hope that you're really just trying to prevent access for Hurt Cagenlocher -- a casual hacker at best, and one with an insufficient attention span to crack your key. What you're describing is a pretty classic DRM kind of problem and it requires something like a Trusted Computing platform: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_computing -- Curt Hagenlocher [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
