From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263185AbTD0BTj (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2003 21:19:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263192AbTD0BTj (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2003 21:19:39 -0400 Received: from almesberger.net ([63.105.73.239]:45328 "EHLO host.almesberger.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263185AbTD0BTi (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2003 21:19:38 -0400 Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 22:31:45 -0300 From: Werner Almesberger To: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: Daniel Phillips , Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Flame Linus to a crisp! Message-ID: <20030426223144.A14843@almesberger.net> References: <20030424182945.7065812EFF1@mx12.arcor-online.net> <20030424201522.G1425@almesberger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from ebiederm@xmission.com on Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 05:28:19AM -0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Redhat's kernel is unlikely to get my signature. Possibly > at some point there will be a web of trust where that will work > but in the first approximation distributors kernels will not > load until I sign them. Yes, that's exactly the "good" kind of DRM. A few things are special in your case, though: - the "rights owner" and the "user" are the same person - the "user" can be trusted - you control your firmware Does TCPA (I suppose that's what Linus' endorsement of DRM is about) even have the concept of user-installed keys or certificates ? - Werner -- _________________________________________________________________________ / Werner Almesberger, Buenos Aires, Argentina wa@almesberger.net / /_http://www.almesberger.net/____________________________________________/