* R. A. Hettinga: > By Ina Fried > <http://news.com.com/Apple+tries+to+patent+tamper-resistant+software/ > 2100-1045_3-5942107.html>
The patent application seems to be this one: <http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220050246554%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20050246554&RS=DN/20050246554> Note that it covers some stuff that does in fact work, for example claim 9 (although there is plenty of prior art for this one). Unfortunately, the things that can work are in the wrong direction: Apple can prevent you from running anything but Mac OS X on your Intel Mac. What they really want to do (at least according to press reports) is to stop you from copying Mac OS X to your other Intel box. Big difference. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
