Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

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Re: The security of streaming

Author:	Eric Soroos
Posted:	9/8/2000; 2:39:19 PM
Topic:	Denial isn't just a river in Egypt
Msg #:	21028 (In response to 21024)
Prev/Next:	21027 / 21029

Hmm.

It's deja vu all over again. DRM without trusted clients will be broken. And there are no trusted clients.

From CryptoGram

Against all of these systems -- disappearing e-mail, rights management for music and videos, fair game playing -- there are two types of attackers: the average user and the skilled attacker. Against the average user anything works; there's no need for complex security software. Against the skilled attacker nothing works. And even worse, most systems need to be secure against the smartest attacker.

Learn or you will be routed around.

eric

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