Understanding trusted computing: Will its benefits outweigh its drawbacks?

Edward W. Felten

doi:10.1109/MSECP.2003.1203224

Understanding trusted computing: Will its benefits outweigh its drawbacks?

Edward W. Felten

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Abstract

The basic concepts and implications of trusted computing (TC) are discussed. TC operates through a combination of hardware and software, manufacturers add a little bit of new hardware to each computer to support TC function and then a special TC operating system mediates between the hardware and TC-enabled applications. TC provides two basic services which includes authenticated boot and encryption. An authentication boot service monitors what operating system software was booted on the computer and gives applications a sure way to tell which operating system (OS) is running. The encryption lets data be encrypted in such a way that it can be decrypted only by a certain machine and only if that machine is in a certain configuration.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	60-62
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Security and Privacy
Volume	1
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MSECP.2003.1203224
State	Published - May 2003

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Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Law

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