From ben@algroup.co.uk Wed Sep 4 18:59:06 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66F0116F56 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 18:58:55 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 04 Sep 2002 18:58:55 +0100 (IST) Received: from outgoing.securityfocus.com (outgoing3.securityfocus.com [66.38.151.27]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g84HQfZ12414 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 18:26:41 +0100 Received: from lists.securityfocus.com (lists.securityfocus.com [66.38.151.19]) by outgoing.securityfocus.com (Postfix) with QMQP id 3D51EA3600; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 10:55:41 -0600 (MDT) Mailing-List: contact secprog-help@securityfocus.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Delivered-To: mailing list secprog@securityfocus.com Delivered-To: moderator for secprog@securityfocus.com Received: (qmail 4329 invoked from network); 4 Sep 2002 10:33:26 -0000 Message-Id: <3D75E4DC.9090107@algroup.co.uk> Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 11:47:56 +0100 From: Ben Laurie User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020815 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Yannick Gingras Cc: secprog@securityfocus.com Subject: Re: Secure Sofware Key References: <20020829204345.91D1833986@LINPDC.eclipsys.qc.ca> <15733.3398.363187.572002@cerise.nosuchdomain.co.uk> <20020903192326.C9DA533986@LINPDC.eclipsys.qc.ca> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.63.3.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.7 required=7.0 tests=KNOWN_MAILING_LIST,REFERENCES,SIGNATURE_SHORT_SPARSE, SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT,X_ACCEPT_LANG version=2.41-cvs X-Spam-Level: Yannick Gingras wrote: > Is the use of "trusted hardware" really worth it ? Does it really make it > more secure ? Look at the DVDs. DVDs don't use trusted hardware. As for whether it is worth it, that depends entirely on what its worth to secure your software. Cheers, Ben. -- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html http://www.thebunker.net/ "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff