On 2/28/11 7:32 PM, Grant Olson wrote: > Both problems are, as they say in engineering-speak, non-trivial.
And this isn't even getting into the ways such a feature could/would be abused. Once you create an enforceable mechanism to say "this key cannot be propagated by anyone but the owner," someone will find ways to leverage that into an attack. I don't know how it would be done: I haven't done much thought on the subject. But my suspicion is that people much cleverer than I am are already thinking on it. Also, from a political perspective, it's kind of interesting to see the debate. This is fundamentally an argument about DRM: certificate owners claim certain exclusive rights and want technology to facilitate their exercise of those rights, much as motion picture copyright owners claim certain rights and want technology to facilitate their exercise of those rights. I'm not drawing any moral parallels between the two groups: I'm just saying I find the dichotomy fascinating. :) _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
