Overview Guide to Trusted Computing
Posted by Ken Y-N on May 29th, 2008 at 01:25pm
For those of you relatively new to the Trusted Computing world, this recent article from Brian Berger, the Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) marketing workgroup chair and Wave System’s execute VP for sales and marketing, may provide a useful overview of what the TCG is all about. First of all he addresses the issue that sceptics most often highlight, namely what is trust.
Trust, according to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, is assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something.
Of course, trust in the user and trust in the computer are two separate things, and because trust in the computer can be rigorously established as described in the article, the trust boundary can be expanded to cover the user. However, software cannot blithely accept a user saying “trust my computer!”; indeed a user saying “trust me!” is untrustworthy without trusting the user’s computer to reliably report the user saying “trust me!” Thus, by definition, the TCG cannot trust the user before trust in the computer is established.
As usual, I have digressed a bit from the article, so to get back on track, Mr Berger talks about Roots of Trust within the TCG specifications as being the core elements for establishing the trust in the user by first establishing the trust in the computer.
Next, he looks at the Papa Gino’s TPM (Trusted Platform Module) project and what benefits they realised from embracing the TCG standards.
He then introduces various other TCG initiatives, namely the TPM Software Stack, Trusted Network Connext (TNC), Mobile Trusted Module (MTM), and TCG Storage.
Read the full story on West World Productions, Inc.’s web site here.
Tags: brian berger, wave
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1 Comment for Overview Guide to Trusted Computing
1. Mark | June 5th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
For some reason the author of this blog seems to be in great love with WAVE. Likely one of these paid-for blogs.
Same as the cited Aberdeen Research Report and Papa Gino’s are WAVE-funded.
A “research” report that is so ridiculously overoptimistic far off reality - and a Pizza Chain who is so obviously the only reference customer for years that Papa Chino must serve for all and every marketing buzz.
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