Crypto to defend chip IP: snake oil or good idea?

[Peter Gutmann]

"Perry E. Metzger" <perry at piermont.com> writes:

>I'd be interested in other people's thoughts on this. Can you use DRM to
>protect something worth not eight dollars but eight million?

>From the EETimes article it looks like a really complicated way of
implementing software-controlled antifuses.

I think this goes a step beyond DRM in that while DRM is putting something
valuable in a safe and giving it to an opponent to hold onto, this concept
allows the opponent to furnish the safe as well.  Good luck with that.

Peter.

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