evolution in action (Re: Napster)

[Ben Laurie]

iriXx wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 11:09, Ben Laurie wrote:
> 
> 
>>>actually, from the article i'd read, Lucky's patent covers Palladium on
>>>TCPA-systems as well... do you have information that is different?...
>>
>>Hmmm. Well, I was there at the time and I know it was a specific 
>>response to Microsoft's claim that Palladium doesn't do DRM, so it was 
>>generally aimed at Palladium rather than TCPA. However, it seems to me 
>>that the relevant capabilities of both are possibly sufficiently similar 
>>that it would apply to both.
>>
>>Note, though, that TCPA doesn't currently include protected I/O space, 
>>so is trivially vulnerable to hardware based attacks on DRM.
> 
> 
> would you be able to give me some more detailed technical information on
> how this works?... perhaps off-list, if its getting a bit OT for
> everyone...

Sure, but before I get into it, I'd be interested to know if anyone else 
cares?

Cheers,

Ben.

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