Good observation. Check this out -- our big bang is actually the result of a black-hole sucking all that material down to a singularity then it reaching singularity and exploding (hence big bang). This process is repeatable and will continue to happen. I figure the universe is still expanding because the power behind this bang still overcomes the gravity pulling things back together. Not sure about the event-horizon idea (maybe I just don't understand properly).
All that dark matter out there we can't "see"? That's other universes where the laws of physics are a bit different and radiation doesn't reflect back to us as light.
I think you may want to try a different approach. A good security person knows that the more responsibility you leave the the end user, the more likely your system will fail. You don't make end users responsible for updating their virus protection do you? Why? Because they might not update it.
Although I understand what you are trying to do, and it is a good idea, the number of ways to subvert this type of monitoring are right up there with and related to firewall subversion. Fragment that packet with your watermark for 10 minutes and your system loses it's signature.
Solution:
Why don't you just do it like M$ and put a hash of the MAC address into the documents or get that hash for all your machines and look for that?
Remember about 8 months ago? M$ put a hash of your MAC in *.doc files. I think you can probably find info at:
http://www.junkbusters.com
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Good observation. Check this out -- our big bang is actually the result of a black-hole sucking all that material down to a singularity then it reaching singularity and exploding (hence big bang). This process is repeatable and will continue to happen. I figure the universe is still expanding because the power behind this bang still overcomes the gravity pulling things back together. Not sure about the event-horizon idea (maybe I just don't understand properly).
All that dark matter out there we can't "see"? That's other universes where the laws of physics are a bit different and radiation doesn't reflect back to us as light.
I think you may want to try a different approach. A good security person knows that the more responsibility you leave the the end user, the more likely your system will fail. You don't make end users responsible for updating their virus protection do you? Why? Because they might not update it. Although I understand what you are trying to do, and it is a good idea, the number of ways to subvert this type of monitoring are right up there with and related to firewall subversion. Fragment that packet with your watermark for 10 minutes and your system loses it's signature. Solution: Why don't you just do it like M$ and put a hash of the MAC address into the documents or get that hash for all your machines and look for that? Remember about 8 months ago? M$ put a hash of your MAC in *.doc files. I think you can probably find info at: http://www.junkbusters.com