Re: Digital Rights Management - An idea

[Shawn]

How exactly would you do this specifically for "downloaded" files except
by snooping into every ftp/http, much less having to decrypt the
protocols like https or scp?

Anyway, assuming you meant "downloaded file == any file", that's simple,
and already being discussed, most likely by companies like TiVo, etc.

On Wed, 2003-05-14 at 03:30, Dean McEwan wrote:
>     I had an idea for DRM, what about a kernel that forces everything downloaded to have a 
> valid signature, and doesn't let the file/program be accessed otherwise?
> 
>     We could discuss ideas now, move on to code examples next, and then draw up a whitepaper,
> 
>     All those who are interested mail me.
> 
> ---
> Dean.
> DM TECH.