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> As for how to 'break' opensource DRM I think its not quite a simple case of > modifying the source code. > The code is open source. But the private keys aren't. You can use the code to > generate a library/program based on the private keys. You have to > distribute/make available the source code along with your special keyed > binary but you don't have to distribute the keys - not even under GPL3. > Its as secure as DRM gets. > Tom te tom te tom hadn't thought of it that way. i presumed the content provider would provide you a key with said content. wouldn't the source code tell you how te extract the key from the binary? or maybe with a small mod you could have it look for the key in the distributed binary? i find it difficult to imagine how it's possible but i was curious to see if anyone had tried it. it seems sun are having a go and there's a product called pachydrm which is apparently available now. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html