- From: Dave Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:38:17 +0900
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, "public-html@w3.org WG" <public-html@w3.org>
> > There's nothing stopping a container/codec with DRM from being used >> right now. I presume Saf 3.1/OS X plays FairPlay encrypted files right >> now. The spec can never require any DRM encrypted format to be used, as >> that would mean the DRM format being openly documented, making it >> entirely useless. > >Indeed. No, both ISMACryp and OMADRM are publicly documented. It is the ability (or not) to get keys, and the tamper-proofing, that make the system secure. One does not achieve security through obscurity (except for code obfuscation). However, I do not propose that we adopt either of these, so it's merely a point of clarity, not a debating point... -- David Singer Apple/QuickTime
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