RE: [AVT] IPR in transport

[Andrew Daviel <advax at triumf.ca>]

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Allison, Art wrote:

> So?
> It is good to block stolen material.
> Nothing should  be done to facilitate unauthorized distribution of
> content over the internet.

I probably didn't explain enough of the background; Colin does a better
job.

The issue is not that I want to decode (be able to view) content that I
haven't paid for, but that I need to be able to decode the protocol
enough to identify the product, understand where it is coming from and
going to, and assure myself that the traffic is legitimate from a
business point of view (an employee viewing Playboy channel during work
hours on his paid subscription may be legitimate as far as Playboy is
concerned, but not from the employers point of view).

My point is, that I may block legitimate traffic too if I see
something coming over the network that I can't analyze and don't
understand, if IPR issues mean that my network analysis tool of choice
cannot (easily, freely, preferably out-of-the-box) decode the
protocol.

If the application in question is a critial mission-related AV product
that we support, of course I would make allowances. But if it's something
that some random user has bought and installed on their own, well, too
bad, even if it was business related.

-- 
Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada
Tel. +1 (604) 222-7376  (Pacific Time)
security at triumf.ca

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