Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:37:20 -0800 From: "Jerry Toung" <jrytoung@gmail.com> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: encrypted executables Message-ID: <86068e730802182037w22073ee9of3f0faae3238c37b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080218231359.7601cd70@bhuda.mired.org> References: <86068e730802181718s1ad50d3axeae0dde119ddcf92@mail.gmail.com> <47BA3334.4040707@andric.com> <86068e730802181954t52e4e05ay65e04c5f6de9b78a@mail.gmail.com> <20080218231359.7601cd70@bhuda.mired.org>
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On Feb 18, 2008 8:13 PM, Mike Meyer < mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org> wrote: > > Basically the DRM problem (only executing your property under > conditions you specify, not under those the end user might want). A > *lot* of money has been spent trying to do this, but nobody has done > it yet. Some very smart people have concluded it can't be done. > > That said, you did say "harder", not "impossible". Making it harder is > certainly possible, depending on the conditions. What are they > conditions you want this to work under? > > FWIW, the only thing that in this area is to not let them run the > critical parts of your app on their hardware. Put those on your > service, exported via the network, and then give the end user a UI > that talks to that. > thank you all for the feedback. Yep, DRM issues, it doesn't hurt to try. Jerry > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> > http://www.mired.org/consulting.html > Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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