Kartsa wrote: > Malte Schr?der [MalteSch@xxxxxx] wrote: > >>>>in Germany it is illegal, because to have the problem that >> >>you try in >> >>>>software to decrypt something. >>>>Only the try is forbidden by law. >>> >>> >>>Is decrypting by software illegal in Germany ? >> >>No, that would be rediculous. But it is illegal to cirumvent copy >>protection schemes (i.e. as far as I understand it, you may >>not produce >>a copy of your favorite protected audio-cd to make it work in your >>car-radio :/ ). > > > I don't see what that has to do with this. I don't think this is about > braking copy protection since in order to decrypt I would need keys which I > get by getting a leagal subscription and thus getting a smartcard from a > provider. The point here (in my original question) is that if I have a > smartcard reader which happens to have USB or RS232 interface then why could > I not use it together with sc instead of CAM? In both external reader and > CAM I would need a subscription wouldn't I? The only difference is where the > decryption is done (hw or sw), right? Ofcourse CAM is better if CPU is > slower. > > Or am I missing a point here? Or is it even possible to use smartcard > readers other than CAM? The point is that crypting algorithms are patented and/or licensed and only approved devices, CAMs, should be used to decrypt the stuff. Using SC is breaking the patent/license.
