Re: Intertrust Universal DRM

Hi Mike,

> > Impossible.
>
> 	True (I sort of meant my original post to be sarcastic, but didn't
> put enough effort into it...:)

I see.  :)

> 	True, and this is something a lot of people don't realize about
> DRM systems-- there has to be a single point of control. It bugs me
> when techno-utopians write about their visions of "open" DRM systems.
> Contradiction.

Not necessarily. That's exactly where techiques like secure booting and 
sealed memory jump in. They actually make it possible to have the 
algorithms open and rely on secret keys only. But of course these need 
hardware support.

> 	That's why I thought it was so funny (and annoying and confusing)
> when Real announced they would "open" their technologies.

True, even the big industry does not get this simple thing.

Michael

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panic("bad_user_access_length executed (not cool, dude)");
	2.0.38 /usr/src/linux/kernel/panic.c



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