Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 13:02:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 13:02:48 -0500 Received: from adsl-63-195-162-81.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net ([63.195.162.81]:63493 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 13:02:40 -0500 Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 10:02:11 -0800 (PST) From: Andre Hedrick To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: new generic content schemes popping up everywhere... Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >From siliconvalley.com's GMSV column today: No one expects the Spanish Inquisition, "the white screen of death"" A small Texas venture with roots in the intelligence community has developed a digital copy protection scheme that it says is nearly unbeatable. Infraworks' InTether utility can not only limit the number of times a recipient can view or play a file, it can determine how long that file can be viewed or played. More intriguing still, InTether can make a file self-destruct if it's tampered with. The utility is enabled with 11 layers of security defenses, all of which must be successfully navigated to disable the system. These layers range from a series of forced reboots designed to thwart automated hacking tools to something called "the white screen of death" which destroys the software and all files stored inside it. Infraworks CEO George Friedman says the application's system-level control is possible largely because it is firmly anchored into users' C drives during installation. "We're fairly deep in the operating system," Friedman told Inside.com, "so we see what's going on and we either permit or deny it from happening in relation ... to the files under our control." While InTether has been dismissed by some -- most notably encryption expert Bruce Schneier -- as untenable, the technology has sparked the interest of some publishing concerns, among them Time Inc.and McGraw-Hill. Se if these bozos get into the kernel anytime soon... Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/