[vdr] Re: Child protection, again

[Malcolm Caldwell <malcolm.caldwell@ntu.edu.au>]

On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 07:01, Alfred Zastrow wrote:
> hm@seneca.muc.de schrieb:
> 
> [...]
> > Since children can be very "inventive", a stronger idea would be to have
> > a per-film or per-category MD5 hash, made of the film's or category's
> > name and a PIN. That would require a function "protect recording" or
> > "protect category", then enter a 4-digit PIN, and the function generates
> > an MD5 hash over the name and the PIN. The hash is stored in the said
> > config file, and on the USB stick if requested. VDR could memorize the
> > user's keys as long as the stick is inserted, and forget everything as
> > soon as it is removed. The stick could hold all the user's keys so that
> > she or he is authenticated with a single PIN once the stick is inserted.
> [...]
> 
> Persecution complex?
> 
> Would't it better to invest this wasted time to bring up your kids on a 
> normal level?
> 
> Excuse me, but in my view this is bu*****it.

How come every time this topic comes up on this list the discussion
turns into a discussion on good parenting?

Remember, this is the vdr list.  Lets keep to vdr issues.

I think such a feature would be good - I would use it on my system.  If
you want to discuss why contact me off list.

> 
> Alfred
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