On Saturday 26 January 2008, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
Hi Philipp,
On 25.01.2008 12:50, Philipp Marek wrote:
My question is this. I'd like to secure machines against the people that should work with them [1].
Ah. Classic DRM.
DRM does not work. The only use I can think of is a student pool at the university.
Do you control (manufacture) the hardware?
Even that does not help. Ask M$ about a thing called "Ex-box" (or so...)
There is no easy way to set the bar higher. It will almost always cost you a lot more time to secure a machine than it takes the user to break it.
Not if it's under surveillance, like a student's computer pool room, subject to unannounced inspection. In that scenario cases with a single screw have proven themselves. That screw is then chained and locked.
HTH, Torsten