Reference:
In the 9th Workshop on Hot Topics in Operating Systems (HOTOS-IX).
Abstract:
Trusted computing (e.g. TCPA and Microsoft's Next-Generation Secure Computing
Base) has been one of the most talked about and least understood technologies
in the computing community over the past year. The capabilities trusted
computing provides have the potential to radically improve the security and
robustness of distributed systems. Unfortunately, the debate over its
application to digital rights management has caused its significant other
applications to be largely overlooked. In this paper we present a broader
vision for trusted computing. We give an intuitive model for understanding the
capabilities and limitations of the mechanisms provided by trusted computing.
We describe a flexible OS architecture to support trusted computing. We
present a range of practical applications that illustrate how trusted computing
can be used to improve security and robustness in distributed systems.
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