Friday, October 11, 2002

I really enjoy the tidbits that I get from The Shifted Librarian.  This is another fine example... The True Consequences Of Embedded DRM. Digital Rights Management Issues in Real-time and Safety/mission Critical Systems "Digital Rights Management Passport (DRMP) technology (TCPA from Intel and Palladium from Microsoft and similar) is intended to make it hard to copy downloaded music or pirated software. Preventing teenagers from making copies of Eminem songs may seem harmless, but Internet Age technology is all about convergence. When a technology gets pervasively embedded in microprocessors, computer boards, and software, it will alter the performance of power turbines, jet engines, medical instruments, cell phones and missile guidance systems. Unfortunately, DRMP technology is incompatible with security and with the kinds of reliability needed in safety critical or mission critical applications.... snip... You cannot engineer a system to meet two conflicting imperatives at the same time. If nothing is more important than licenses, safety will suffer. If safety comes first, it will be easier to defeat licensing." [LinuxDevices.com, via Slashdot] I'll bet that's what really drove Hal crazy. Think about it. He probably just wanted to sing "On A Bicycle Built for Two" ("Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do....) but the embedded DRM wouldn't let him so his circuits blew, thereby causing the deaths of the crew. [The Shifted Librarian]      dennisRadio Encouragement  [] 10:00:46 AM

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