On Apr 12, 2010, at 2:33 PM, M.B.Jr. wrote: > Hi, > I have this simple question (sorry for it), regarding "digital rights > management". > > As I understand, DRM in essence is the use of asymmetric cryptography, > which turns simple public keys into not-publicly-available public > keys. > > Is it correct?
No. DRM is a collective term for the various means of controlling use of media in one way or another. It's possible to use asymmetric crypto as part of a DRM scheme, but this is not a requirement, or inherent in the idea of DRM. David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
