CCRDude wrote:
Why would that be?
OpenSSL is a very good open implementation of secure stuff as well.
DRM just means that a private key (which is not open of course, doesn't
need to be) is used to unlock a file... and if the DRM algorithm is any
good, publishing it (the algo) openly won't do it any harm.
The problem with DRM is that they give the user the key and the
algorithm and then try to prevent him from sharing the key by hiding it
somewhere on his own system. It's difficult to hide things in an open
source program. In the case of the broken DVD encryption, the encryption
key was stored on the playback devices and the playback software. The
guy who cracked it recovered the key from a windows DVD player program
that stored it in RAM while running AFAIK.
But a reason for having it on the firmware would probably be because it
otherwise would be a method to circumvent the DRM (by capturing the
unlocked stream).
That too.. ;)
I don't need or want it either btw, experience showed that any real CD
(or open format) lives much longer for me than closed stuff.
I would never by a DRM'ed song. I'd consider getting a DRM'ed movie,
because you mostly watch them only once.
Regards,
Peter
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