Re: Liaison Statement on DASH-IF’s Content Protection guidelines

On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 6:23 PM, Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 5:28 PM, David Dorwin <ddorwin@google.com> wrote:
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>> Thank you for informing us of your work.
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>> The introduction says, "it is not expected that a device will use this
>> exchange format." Thus, I do not think it applies to any of the work we are
>> doing. However, it is good to see parallel efforts to improve the
>> interoperability of different content protection systems.
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>> If DASH-IF were to consider extending something like this to the client
>> (UA or CDM), I would be concerned about the use of XML due to the size,
>> complexity, and security implications.
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> What are you talking about? Size, complexity, and security implications
> for XML?
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I was referring to the implications of including an XML parser in the
client, especially in an unsandboxed CDM and/or a trusted execution
environment with limited resources.

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>> Regards,
>> David
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>> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com>
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>>>  Please find attached a liaison statement from DASH Industry Forum
>>> (DASH-IF) on their work on guidelines for Content Protection Information
>>> Exchange Format.
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>>> I am sending this on behalf of Iraj Sodagar who is copied on this email.
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>>> /paulc
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>>> Paul Cotton, Microsoft Canada
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>>> 17 Eleanor Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K2E 6A3
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>>> Tel: (425) 705-9596 Fax: (425) 936-7329
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