Enterprise Right Management vs. Traditional Encryption Tools

[James A. Donald]

Jason Holt wrote:
 > So I guess the answer to your question is "We'd better
 > assume that DRM+TPM will be ineffective until we've
 > subjected a specific implementation of it to the same
 > level of scrutiny we apply to other cryptosystems, and
 > since DRM+TPM proposals tend to be much more
 > complicated than other cryptosystems like SSL, that's
 > going to take a very long time."

TPM can in principle provide effective DRM - it can also
provide effective super root access to your computer for
FBI and the Motion Picture Association of America - it
can do lots of things.  So far it has not done any of
them.

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