Identity
This section describes the notion of multiple attestation platform identities, which provide privacy for users and owners.
The Concept of a Trusted Platform Identity
A Trusted Platform identity is (statistically) unique, difficult to forge or counterfeit, and verifiable to either a local or remote entity. The TP achieves this by using the TPM, which has a physical tamper-protected presence and protection from software interference and which uses cryptographic secrets and algorithms. A TP identity provides the following major advantages:
A TP identity guarantees that certain properties hold for the platform associated with it. This is useful information for entities communicating with that platform, even on a one-off basis. These properties ...
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