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(tcpa != drm) && (tcpa != pallidium)

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choasforages:
ibm themselves support it, with a GPL module at that. tcpa does not sound evil. but think about it, tcpa != pallidium. tcpa is an open standerd, pallidium is microsoft "inovating" and drm is **AA's way of saying thanks for being our customer. just read page 6 of the ibm pdf http://www.research.ibm.com/gsal/tcpa/why_tcpa.pdf

 
quote: A user can generate an RSA public/private key pair on the tcpa chip
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basicly that means it could probably be set up to only run signed executibles, and it sounds like i could do my own signing. so if tcpa is used on a server, using a root kit just got harder, or installing unnessacary applications.  and in a diferent article they state that they do not think that drm is in IBM's best interest's.

Kintaro:
Get off your ass and do somthing about it.

choasforages:
i don't think i made my self clear, im not agiants tcpa, im agianst drm and pallidium. tcpa would be a way to lock my box's down very very very very tightly. if they re-release the code under a different license, it could get encorperated into OpenBSD.

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