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From: Shawn <core@enodev.com>
To: Dean McEwan <dean_mcewan@linuxmail.org>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Digital Rights Management - An idea
Date: 14 May 2003 09:27:35 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1052922455.8930.2.camel@www.enodev.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030514083039.26350.qmail@linuxmail.org>

How exactly would you do this specifically for "downloaded" files except
by snooping into every ftp/http, much less having to decrypt the
protocols like https or scp?

Anyway, assuming you meant "downloaded file == any file", that's simple,
and already being discussed, most likely by companies like TiVo, etc.

On Wed, 2003-05-14 at 03:30, Dean McEwan wrote:
>     I had an idea for DRM, what about a kernel that forces everything downloaded to have a 
> valid signature, and doesn't let the file/program be accessed otherwise?
> 
>     We could discuss ideas now, move on to code examples next, and then draw up a whitepaper,
> 
>     All those who are interested mail me.
> 
> ---
> Dean.
> DM TECH.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-05-14 14:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-05-14  8:30 Digital Rights Management - An idea Dean McEwan
2003-05-14  8:39 ` Paul Rolland
2003-05-14 10:50 ` Alan Cox
2003-05-14 14:27 ` Shawn [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-05-14 15:40 Dean McEwan
2003-05-14 16:46 ` Shawn
2003-05-15  9:25 ` Paul Rolland
2003-05-15 10:46 Dean McEwan

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