Re: Unique identifiers and WebCrypto

Dear Mark,

On 2012-11-09, at 17:41 , Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com> wrote:

> [...]
> What we're discussing here are origin-specific pre-provisioned keys, so that, similar to the way Alexander describes, only code from https://netflix.com can access the https://netflix.com key.

Yes, that's what I figured the discussion would be about.

> Of course if the user can install new root certificates in their UA then any code of the user's choice can access the key. ekr made a nice proposal in another thread that would enable applications to detect this.
> 
> Note that this topic is separate from DRM. Our use-case enables an application to achieve a secure binding to the device that is independent of the DRM.

A binding to the device - of what? The content? The Web app? I *suspect* you might be thinking of the former, effectively meaning authentication of the client to the service?

> In practice, choice of DRM in a world of many and varied devices is driven by many factors and players and as a result applications need to be DRM-agnostic as far as possible.
> [...]

Sounds slightly DVB-CPCM-ish?  ;-)


Thanks a lot and cheers,

  --alex

Received on Friday, 9 November 2012 21:50:00 UTC