lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2003]   [Apr]   [24]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
    /
    Date
    From
    SubjectRe: Flame Linus to a crisp!
    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
    Hash: SHA1

    viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:

    > On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 02:02:54PM +0900, Clemens Schwaighofer wrote:

    >>Point for me is, that with a DRM you could 100% verify that foreign
    >>module Y is 100% from company Z. Or that binary product F is 100% from
    >>the company and can be trusted to run here or there.
    >
    > Excuse me, but I don't get the last part. You know that
    > F had been built in environment of unspecified degree of security
    > from source that had been kept in <--->
    > written by programmers you don't know
    > who had been hired in conformace with criteria <--->
    > and released after passing QA of unknown quality (but you can bet
    > that they had missed some security holes in the past)
    > under a license that almost certainly disclaims any responsibility.
    >
    > Care to explain how does one get from the trust in above to "trusted
    to run"?

    I am sorry, I read some other posts that came in after I sent this, one
    which explains the true status of DRM, which I was not aware of. Seems
    to me that it is a super flawed system, far from what it should be.

    Well ... this puts total different weight on the "urge" to put it into
    the kernel, if it is flawed that much.

    - --
    Clemens Schwaighofer - IT Engineer & System Administration
    ==========================================================
    Tequila Japan, 6-17-2 Ginza Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8167, JAPAN
    Tel: +81-(0)3-3545-7703 Fax: +81-(0)3-3545-7343
    http://www.tequila.jp
    ==========================================================
    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
    Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (MingW32)
    Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

    iD8DBQE+p7KCjBz/yQjBxz8RAry9AJ4x/m8NU/YYDSlTNc+WmlcTytNV9gCdEKen
    7DeQZU/syw7wNAV+ke8XS9w=
    =dHj9
    -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

    -
    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/

    \
     
     \ /
      Last update: 2005-03-22 13:34    [W:4.108 / U:0.160 seconds]
    ©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site