Trusted Computing Platforms: TCPA Technology in Context
by Siani Pearson, Boris Balacheff, Liqun Chen, David Plaquin, Graeme Proudler
Choice of Platform
The main TCPA specification deals with “trust for communicating platforms” and is designed to be computing-platform independent. It can be used to provide trusted functions in any computing platform. See Chapter 2 for some examples. As we have considered above, an additional specification is near completion relating to conformance for PCs.
The original emphasis of TCPA was on PCs for the following reasons:
The PC is the most popular client for using the Internet.
In the PC industry, no single company dictates the complete architecture.
Customers do not welcome non-standard, proprietary solutions, even if they are better for particular purposes.
PCs are considered to be a commodity, and customers want to be able to mix and match ...
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