The trusted PC: skin-deep security

Author

Huang, Andrew Bunnie

Author_Institution

Xenatera Partners, San Diego, CA, USA

Volume

35

Issue

10

fYear

2002

fDate

10/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

103

Lastpage

105

Abstract

Current efforts to secure the PCs traditionally open architecture will give consumers two unattractive choices: They will either have to pay a huge premium for an unwieldy system that employs impenetrable membranes, encrypted buses, and tamper-resistant memory, or they will have to settle for an inferior solution that fails to thwart dishonest users and limits the ability to backup data and interoperate with third-party software. Investing in proven architectural improvements such as guarded pointers and data tags is a more cost-effective and long-overdue alternative.

Keywords

IBM compatible machines; security of data; Palladium; Trusted Computing Platform Alliance; Xbox; authentication infrastructure; data tags; guarded pointers; hardware security; interoperability; open architecture; power-on initialization procedures; schizophrenic basic input/output system; trust relationship; trusted PC architecture; Application software; Authentication; Computer security; Cryptography; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Microcomputers; Operating systems; Proposals; Unsolicited electronic mail;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MC.2002.1039525

Filename

1039525