[TriLUG] OT: authenticated CD

[Chris Hedemark]

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On Friday, May 9, 2003, at 09:48 AM, Daniel Monjar wrote:

> We want to create a CD of user manuals, marketing materials, and other 
> company specific stuff.  This would be distirbuted to our customer 
> base. But we need the CD  created such that the end user has to 
> authenticate to be able to use the material.  Ideally you'd fire up 
> the CD, authenticate across the Internet to one of my servers (RADIUS 
> preferably but I don't want to limit my options) and then have access 
> to the material.  No authentication/No access...
>
>
> Anyone every hear of such a beast?

It's called "Digital Rights Management", and the concept behind it 
doesn't enjoy wide popularity in open source circles.  I don't know 
that you're going to have any luck finding an open source tool to 
manage closed content in such a way.  But there are lots of proprietary 
systems out there for locking down your content.

There was a local company called "Reciprocal" in Morrisville that did 
this, but they have long since been assimilated by the Microsoft 
collective.

The closest free software I know of is 
http://www.sidespace.com/products/oggs/ but it is not yet "stable".  
Don't let the name fool you; it is not limited to Ogg Vorbis content.
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