New buzzword to learn (DTCP)

[Darth Garth]

It stands for Digital Transmission Content Protection or (DRM for TCP/IP)

www.dtcp.com

Supposedly now in the new Intel 945 chipset.

 

[DFantom]

hmmm, i wonder how this will
a) work i.e. does it require software changes, or specifics in the tcp/ip headers, or does it require another chip and it's automagic
b) how it will evolve over time. without being a std it will most likely die, and if it is an intel only std then it will really die quick...needs to be industry std (intel, amd, via etc...) to live

think i'l grab the pdf and have a read tomorrow

 

[TMoose]

Mmm... If I understand it correctly this technology will allow you to share copyrighted content on your home network with other devices that you specify, but NOT over the Internet.

If that's the case, people will avoid these chipsets like it has fleas.

 

[DFantom]

it's basically a layer, sits above tcp/ip that encrypts data and also only allows connections to certain devices. how it knows what devices is beyond me though, couldn't find it anywhere. the chipset handles all this itself, but there is no reason software couldn't do it. just from what i read i worked out 2 methods to bypass it and i'm no expert in this field.

looking at it, the spec came out in 99 (AFAIR) and this is the first i've heard of it couple with the fact the only pc anything people involved are intel (the rest are dvd and vcr makers) i doubt it will go far.

 

[Darth Garth]

i doubt it will go far.

It has been around since 1999 but check out the semantics of Intel's statement concerning DRM in the Pentuim D and 945 chipset ... note they are not denying it but check out the word "unannounced".

"Pentium D and the 945 chipsets do not have unannounced DRM technology embedded in them"

Nice corporate double talk ... and simply one more more reason to stick with AMD.

 

[Splint3r]

yup, i think intel will loose a couple of customers, they have already lost one... me

 

[Darth Garth]

Anybody remember the uproar about their CPU serial number (PSN) in the PIII where each CPU had a unique serial number embedded at manufacturing ???.

Intel then had to peddle back after people raised some serious privacy concerns and had to make the ability configurable via a BIOS setting and they later dropped the feature in future CPU's.

 

[Spamtheman]

And anyone wondering why Apple is using Intel now? Can anyone smell iMovies on its way.

 

[DFantom]

the latest iTunes actually does movies on it, so maybe...
i think it's because Microsoft suddently use IBM for the XBox 360 so Apple decided to stay away from Microsoft ideas and use intel.