R: [gst-devel] Create a secure level

[Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller]

Hi Domenico,
There is a plugin locking mechanism on the drawing board which to some
degree tries to address this issue. But in the end there is no 100% safe
solution, if someone wants to save the stream and have the will/skills
to do it they can. The plugin locking will allow you lock a plugin to a
specific application so that it can't be used for anything but the
intended use with the default installation of GStreamer. Of course if
someone replace GStreamer with a patched version, or patch X Windows, or
patch the kernel and so on they will be able to get around this. All you
can ever hope to do is make it a bit more cumbersome.

Anyway if you want to know more about the planed plugin locking you can
mail jan at fluendo.com as he is working on it and can give you some
details about his current thoughts on the subject.

Christian

On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 13:28 +0200, Domenico Pontari wrote:
> In many cases streaming players deny you to save the clip on your PC. But if you use a video recorder (for example Camtasia) you can record the clip anyway. Is it possibile avoid this copy? Is it possible apply an access policy for video memory? You need to change the kernel? If Gstreamer became a new framework for all Linux players, it'll be possible for it to manage with these access policies between all players based on it.
> Thanks,
> Domenico
> 
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: Thomas Vander Stichele [mailto:thomas at apestaart.org]
> Inviato: lunedì 2 maggio 2005 12.36
> A: Domenico Pontari
> Cc: gstreamer-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
> Oggetto: Re: [gst-devel] Create a secure level
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > Do you think is possibile creating a secure level with GStreamer, so that when an apllication use a pipeline another cannot record from them? This should be an useful way to protect video from local recording.
> 
> I'm not sure what you're asking, can you be more specific ? A pipeline
> in an application is not easily accessible from another application.
> 
> Thomas
> 
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