http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20000217S0039
http://slashdot.org/articles/00/02/18/0853243.shtml
Intel is proposing a technique to encrypt data flowing between
a PC and its display. The technology is called High-bandwidth
Digital Copy Protection (HDCP).
It appears to be another approach by which copyright holders
could distribute movies, music, and other IP to consumers,
while preventing the user from making a digital copy of the
material.
It uses 56 bit keys, and apparently operates in silicon at
5 Gb/s. Manufacturers will be assigned vendor keys for the
system, as in the DVD CSS system. I can't tell whether the
system will have an open, peer-reviewed specification for
the crypto (though I somehow doubt it).
Please follow the links above for more info.
Peter Trei
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