Trusted Computing Platforms: TCPA Technology in Context

The Main Features of Trusted Platforms

This section summarizes the capabilities in a Trusted Platform that enhances end-users' confidence in Trusted Platforms.

Design Features of the TCPA Trusted Platform Most cryptographic primitives: But not bulk encryption. Privacy: Fully “opt-in,” with no identity correlation. No global secrets: If a TPM is cracked, it reveals information relating to the associated platform and nothing further. Low-cost protected environment outside a crypto co-processor: It is uneconomic to do bulk processing in a co-processor. Ubiquitous security: Available at the lowest cost and without significant product export/import problems.

A Trusted Platform is a normal open computer platform that has been modified to maintain ...