-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Zan Lynx wrote: > On Sun, 2006-06-04 at 15:06 +0100, Dieter wrote: >>> Then there is the pragmatic point of view, let's say the >>> Linus=20 principle, that there's nothing wrong with technology, >>> and that DRM has=20 good uses as well, so why not support it >>> and let other people figure=20 out whether they want to use it >>> for good or for bad. >> Good uses for DRM? What would these be? > > Pretty obvious, really. > > There's two kinds of useful DRM. DRM that works for you, and > there's is DRM that works for other people. You probably don't > *like* the second kind, but it is certainly still useful, to > *other* people. It can be useful to you too, if you have > information that you want to restrict. > > Say you have hardware with the ability to limit code execution to > signed binaries. You have the private key to sign those binaries. > On the same machine? > Malicious code is pretty much impossible at that point although in > such a strict mode it would also shut down JIT interpreters. >
Hmm.. I wouldn't say impossible... If the signing is avilable on the same machine, then it just needs a backdoor (e.g. a handy security hole) access to the process that does the signing to enable the malicious code to be signed & away they go... > Or say you have confidential legal documents. With DRM they can be > restricted to display by authorized document viewing software, > only on authorized computer hardware, or on hardware with an > authorized personal key loaded. > Hmm... Sounds like a rewording of the RIAA et al's excuses for DRM to me... > The US DoD has been using these sorts of limits on classified > information stored in TCSEC Class B secure computer systems for a > long time now. > They've never heard of cameras then? Full circle... Spying would be reduced to finding the doc & photographing them with a 007 style mini-camera again... Seems to me they'd be better off solving the problem another way. H -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEhCbn/3QXwQQkZYwRAhcFAKDaTtYM0Ak8MpXe6Fu4L2RxrtULfQCdFRY+ tlKIHsySH9ucIXlUb0wsNVg= =WLad -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
