Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:13:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:13:35 -0500 Received: from tomts10.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.54]:5045 "EHLO tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:13:22 -0500 Message-ID: <3C338600.B019EED9@sympatico.ca> Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 17:13:20 -0500 From: Chris Friesen X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Aaron Lehmann CC: James Simmons , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [OT] DRM OS In-Reply-To:

<20011214163235.A17636@vitelus.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Aaron Lehmann wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 01:15:48AM -0800, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > CPU(crypto)<->Memory(crypto)<->Framebuffer(crypto) > > ata(clean)<->diskcontroller(crypto)<->Memory(crypto)<->CPU(crypto) > > scsi(crypto)<->diskcontroller(crypto)<->Memory(crypto)<->CPU(crypto) > > CPU(crypto)<->Bridge(crypto)<->Memory(crypto) > > > > Just watch and see! > > Why would crypto help at all? That's just the point! The hardware manufacturers are going to implement the crypto so that only valid digitally signed files can be played on that hardware, and there will be crypto at every step to try and prevent people from getting at the unencrypted bytestream. They want to keep us from doing cd/mp3 or DVD/DivX type conversions. Chris - 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/