Albion Zeglin wrote: > > Similar to DeCSS, only one Palladium chip needs to be reverse engineered and > it's key(s) broken to virtualize the machine.
If you break one machine's key: a) You won't need to virtualise it b) It won't be getting any new software licensed to it > Simulate a Pentium VI in Java and > all extant code could be accessed. If you live long enough for it to run, yeah. > Similarly, is Microsoft's signing keys were > cracked then any code could be signed. Duh. > If the software needs a real-time connection to the internet though, then > protection could be built into it. Oh yeah? How? > Laptop applications would be vulnerable > until we have pervasive wireless connection. > > How many bits do you think MS will use for the keys? Enough. Cheers, Ben. -- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html http://www.thebunker.net/ "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff
