Trusted Computing Platforms: TCPA Technology in Context
by Siani Pearson, Boris Balacheff, Liqun Chen, David Plaquin, Graeme Proudler
Summary
Trusted Platforms get their name from the fact that they enable either a local user or a remotely communicating user to trust a platform for some particular purpose. A behavioral definition of trust has been adopted: An entity can be trusted if it always behaves in the expected manner for the intended purpose.
The TCPA is an industry alliance formed in October 1999 that focuses on developing and specifying Trusted Platform technology. The TCPA specification, released in February 2001, is designed to be independent of the type of platform (e.g., PC, server, PDA, printer, mobile phone, etc.). A single hardware chip (costing about the same as a smart card) will typically perform the TCPA-defined trusted functions. All other functions will ...
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