Kartsa wrote:
Malte Schröder [MalteSch@gmx.de] 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.