This question is inspired by the thread on encrypted filesystems, but merits its own thread. Everyone knows about keeping unauthorized users out of data they shouldn't have access to. But what about granting authorized users access to data they should be able to access, but not permitting them to redistribute it? Say, for instance, I'm a nuclear weapons engineer at Los Alamos. Obviously, I need to be able to access my own and others' research data. But just as obvious is that you don't want me taking that data home or selling it to North Korea in exchange for a new Ferrari.
Now I know this is the whole point of DRM, and I don't know if there's another way to do it. I don't think there is; hence, I think that DRM in and of itself is a very good and very timely idea. I just don't trust MS or any other closed-source system to do the M of my DR's. -- Soren Harward [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
