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January 2009, #177
It's a battle as old as time: good vs. evil. Fortunately, Linux and FOSS are on our side as we wage the battle against those who try to steal our secrets and invade our systems.
Checking your system's security is best done sooner rather than later. Test the locks with our article on security verification; find out how to use PAM to help secure your systems; use MinorFS and AppArmor to implement discretionary access control; learn more about Samba security in part III of our series; use Darknet to help detect bots and secure your systems; use the Yubikey to increase your site's security; and don't forget to lock the doors, because a cold boot attack could render your security useless if somebody has physical access to your computer.
But, we're not just about sowing the seeds of fear. We also show you how to use memcached in Rails, how to manage multiple servers efficiently, how to deploy applications easily with Capistrano, how to manage your videos with MythVideo, how to mix it up a bit (your audio that is), and even play a few games.
DRM doesn't work, wastes money, and stalls innovation
On August 22nd, 2006 chris (not verified) says:
DRM doesn't work:
the big enemy that many media companies are trying to fight are online file sharers. the media companies hope DRM will curb online file sharing, but it won't. the files available from P2P networks are not DRM'd. they are ripped from a digital source, or they have had the DRM comprimised.
DRM is a waste of money:
DRM technologies cost money to research and develop, and will ultimately be defeated, often in little or no time. as long as digital media is playable, it can be copied DRM free. money spent on DRM technologies will be wasted since the media can and will be copied anyway. ALSO: if a company selling DRM media and/or players goes out of business, the money that consumers paid for media will be wasted when the proprietary player is no longer available.
DRM stalls innovation:
many movie and music companies are waiting to "perfect" DRM before making their music catalogs available online. that is why there is no sony/microsoft answer to iTunes. since DRM doesn't work, it will never be perfect, and therefore, those catalogs may never be online.