[geeks] KVM revisited

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 @ 18:24 -0400, nate at portents.com said:

> > That's no more bizarre an idea than trying to block a KVM from
> > transmitting video and USB data.
> 
> Aha!  Video you say?  Welcome to the new world of Microsoft Vista and HDCP
> over DVI-D and HDMI, and soon, DisplayPort by VESA, sporting a new video
> signal incompatible with either DVI-D or HDMI (though capable of passing
> them through), and now DPCP (DisplayPort Content Protection)!!!  Soon we
> won't have to deal with the inferior 56 bit HDCP encryption used by Intel
> in HDCP when we have the wonderous new 128-bit AES encryption used in DPCP
> by AMD, with modern cryptography ciphers and an independent key revocation
> system!  Coming to you on video cards next year from NVIDIA and AMD, and
> with a new physical connector, wheee!

"Content Protection".

It would be funny if it didn't suck so bad.

Welcome to the world where everyone is guilty before even comitting the
crime.


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