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Cool so lets see the code
Basic cryptography principles say that the security has to be in the key not in the algorithm. Otherwise its not encrypted, its *obscured*.

PGP is GPL'd you can read the code simply by agreeing to the GPL. It doesn't affect the security of PGP to see the code! This is why
3DES, IDEA etc. are all fully documented.

So letting everyone see the source code shouldn't affect the security if its a true secure system.

So give us the encryption/DRM source code DRM'd with this document protection so we can read it but not copy/print/etc. it and see how long before the DRM is stripped off it.

If this system is supposed to be able to control the rights of the user, then it should be able to cope with hostile users determined to break the DRM!

Just like security doors are rated by how long they take to break through, the DRM can be rated by how long it takes to break.
Posted by: Nigel Johnstone   Posted on: 04/20/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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DRM is good for business  Enterprise Analyst | 04/20/04
Document Security?  dwest_z | 04/20/04
Um... NO  AbsolutelyNot | 04/20/04
Another Trojan?  Franklin_z | 04/20/04
Not just DRM software, ALL!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/20/04
think spyware is bad now  V Sanders | 04/20/04
Speaking of which...  AbsolutelyNot | 04/20/04
Sounds like Doctor Evil's E-mail  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/20/04
Snag It  gmyx | 04/20/04
If Microsoft has it's way...  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/20/04
Not when it's done at the hardware level.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/04
Please explain..  Patrick Jones | 04/20/04
Ok....  gmyx | 04/20/04
DRM won't stop people leaking emails.  Zogg | 04/20/04
Client side DRM does nothing but assist white collar criminals  David Mohring | 04/20/04
that and  V Sanders | 04/20/04
Hogwash, pure and simple.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/04
Microsoft employees like you are so predictable...  dicktaurus@... | 04/20/04
What a cute little rant, predictable but still cute.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/04
Linus T wants DRM badly??  Iain_Peters | 04/20/04
Read for yourself (what Torvalds said)  B.O.F.H. | 04/20/04
He'll ALLOW it, he doesn't WANT it...  Michael Kelly | 04/20/04
Honestly Bity-Boop, you're a piece of work, and a congenital liar.  dicktaurus@... | 04/20/04
Even Microsoft has some hiring standards!  B.O.F.H. | 04/20/04
Actually, it appears M$ requires little of its paid $hills...  dicktaurus@... | 04/20/04
Watergate  Bill4 | 04/20/04
That is, no more Watergates  Omch'Ar | 04/20/04
Put your code where your mouth is  Nigel Johnstone | 04/20/04
Great idea Nigel  issthatso | 04/20/04
Microsoft eats its own dog food...  ShadeTree | 04/20/04
Cool so lets see the code  Nigel Johnstone | 04/20/04
Become a partner and you will...  ShadeTree | 04/20/04
Is it security or obscurity?  Nigel Johnstone | 04/20/04
Lapdogs  AbsolutelyNot | 04/20/04
Last time I checked....  ShadeTree | 04/20/04
There you go with that common sense again!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/04
More lies: Elsewhere, you say, "You (we) have little choice."!!!!  dicktaurus@... | 04/20/04
I do not listen to music or media on my PC  V Sanders | 04/20/04
Lots of luck  Chad_z | 04/20/04
Linus wants DRM!  Loverock Davidson | 04/20/04
Oh, what he said...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/04
re: Linus wants DRM  Iain_Peters | 04/20/04
Not really...  Patrick Jones | 04/21/04
HIPPA requires this.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/04
HIPPA may require it, but  AbsolutelyNot | 04/20/04
You need to find a new doctor.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/04
Not that easy  AbsolutelyNot | 04/20/04
Been there, done that.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/04
What you were handed....  ShadeTree | 04/20/04
DRM is a fact of life  George Mitchell | 04/20/04
Inevitable my Butt...  BitTwiddler | 04/20/04
You need to ask Linus T. why he wants it then.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/04
You are twisting what Linus Torwalds said!  B.O.F.H. | 04/20/04
Yes, he understands that if Linux is to...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/04
DRM is mostly applicable to...  B.O.F.H. | 04/20/04
That is not what he said.  balsover | 04/22/04
re: you are twisting  Iain_Peters | 04/20/04
Inevitable my Butt...  BitTwiddler | 04/20/04
You got that right!  InetUser_z | 04/21/04
Remember eBooks? Me neither  Nigel Johnstone | 04/20/04
Standards are a bad idea!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/04
Not if enough complain and refuse to buy into it  AbsolutelyNot | 04/20/04
You (we) have little choice.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/04
DRM, will it finally end anonymity?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/04
Secure shopping  Nigel Johnstone | 04/20/04
One word, biometrics.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/04
Doesn't help  Nigel Johnstone | 04/20/04
Isn't the thumb print just a password  voska | 04/21/04
Majority???  Iain_Peters | 04/20/04
Why Worry  Thrifty Tech | 04/20/04
You must mean Linux don't you?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/04
No_Axe: Re-read what Torvalds said  Iain_Peters | 04/20/04
A small but significant correcttion  Michael Kelly | 04/20/04
Show your identity online  Enterprise Analyst | 04/20/04
You first D A E M O N .  Nigel Johnstone | 04/20/04
On a lighter note.  ShadeTree | 04/20/04
LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT ...  coffeenite | 04/20/04
ms lock in  fishyfool | 04/24/04

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