In message <
Pine.LNX.4.64.1203051655450.6189@...>, Ian Hick
son writes:
>For example, the content could be a movie. "A" would be a movie
>distributor, "C" would be a consumer, and "B" would be a CDN. B is paid by
>A to host the content, but B might have rogue elements who would take all
>of the movie content and upload it to a copyright-violating community.
I'm sorry, but IMO this is just security-theater, and it represents
so terrible handling of key-material that it is deeply irresponsible
to even mention it in a standards document, without a lengthy list
of caveats and disclaimers.
Somebody should point Bruce Schneier at this, he needs a good laugh...
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