MS Patent for DRM OS

[Shaun]

The current MS driver signing mechanism doesn't get invoked unless
you install the drivers using the INF file mechanism. If you just
copy the driver to the drivers directory and edit the registry to
install your driver, it doesn't need to be signed and the OS won't
complain at all.

Shaun

Martin Keegan <mk270@cam.ac.uk> writes
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>On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Casper Dik wrote:
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>> >So the things they should have been doing years ago to protect our data
>> >and security, they'll do now to protect RIAA's copyrights....
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>> Looks like this is just Mandatory Access Control under
>> a different name and with a very limited scope (two labels).
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>> The difference being that with MAC the administrators wants
>> the labels to be enforced; with DRM OS, the adminstrator is
>> not necessarily so inclined.
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>It has long been a source of concern for me that MS's signed drivers
>system might one day be used to control what programmes users can run on
>their computers, and that ultimately there might be market demand for a
>system which let people not worry about viruses and trojans etc, trading
>off security for local control. A similar system could be used for DRM.
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>Mk
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