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Trusted Computing Platforms: TCPA Technology in Context
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Trusted Computing Platforms: TCPA Technology in Context

by Siani Pearson, Boris Balacheff, Liqun Chen, David Plaquin, Graeme Proudler
July 2002
Intermediate to advanced
352 pages
11h 1m
English
Pearson
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Data Integrity Registers

If the RTM and measurement agents that measure the boot process of a platform are modified to enforce a secure boot, it is possible for the TPM owner (who is also the platform owner) to dictate that the platform will boot in a prescribed manner or not at all.

A data integrity register (DIR) is a storage register that holds digest values. During a boot process, the RTM or the current measurement agent makes an integrity measurement and incorporates the measurement result into a PCR. In a secure boot process, the RTM or measurement agent then reads the PCR and reads a DIR. If the two values match, the RTM or measurement agent passes control to the measured software, and the boot process continues. If the two values don't ...

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