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RE: A talk on Intellectual Property and National Defense
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Trei, Peter)
Tue Feb 4 16:01:44 2003
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From: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@rsasecurity.com>
To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>,
"'Adam Shostack'" <adam@homeport.org>
Cc: cryptography@wasabisystems.com
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 12:36:25 -0500
Dave:
Adam is correct - I was responding to him.
'secure remote attestation that the boot
sequence was followed'
seems to imply that a net connection back
to Hollywood would be required to boot.
'All your computer are belong to us'.
Peter Trei
> ----------
> From: Adam Shostack[SMTP:adam@homeport.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 11:42 AM
> To: Dave Farber
> Cc: Trei, Peter; cryptography@wasabisystems.com
> Subject: Re: A talk on Intellectual Property and National Defense
>
> Dave,
>
> I think Peter was responding to me, not you.
>
> And no, I'm not proposing that this be done, but I suspect that the
> RIAA and MPAA will go as far as saying no off-net viewing of
> controlled media. Recall that they already supported the DIVX system
> which required a phone line to work. From their perspective, its
> their content, and they're going to squeeze it as much from it as they
> can.
>
> Adam
>
> On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 11:37:20AM -0500, Dave Farber wrote:
> | Sorry that is not what I said. Where did you get that from the above?
> |
> | On 2/4/03 11:28 AM, "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@rsasecurity.com> wrote:
> |
> | >> Adam Shostack[SMTP:adam@homeport.org] writes:
> | >>
> | >> I believe that DRM systems will require not just an authorized boot
> | >> sequence, but a secure remote attestation that that boot sequence was
> | >> followed, and a secure attestation as to the versions of the software
> | >> on your system. So, while a secure system is needed for AT/DRM, its
> | >> not enough.
> | >>
> | > Let me get this straight - in order to make the RIAA and MPAA richer,
> | > we're going to ban off-net computer use? If you're not near a WiFi
> | > hotspot you won't be able to boot your laptop?
> | >
> | > Peter Trei
> | >
> | >
> | >
> |
>
> --
> "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once."
> -Hume
>
>
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