The present invention relates to the information protection of digital
content transferred by streaming and download service through wire or
wireless Internet network. The information protection system in this
invention suggests a drastic prevention method of copyrights infringement
such as illegal copy and unauthorized distribution of digital content, by
using of the encryption, decryption, distribution, and authentication
technologies. This invention suggests the control technology of general
viewer program, not the specific viewer program for information
protection, using a network filter driver for streaming and file system
filter driver for download service. The main function of network and file
system filter driver is the filtering operation such as a hooking,
changing, decrypting, and restoring of message and data packet, and
transferring to the viewer program. The main idea and technology of this
invention suggest higher secure and efficient digital information
protection system for live/VOD/HTTP streaming and download service.