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Stefan Bechtold

Stefan Bechtold

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The Family of TC Blogs

In the near future, I'll add a category to this page listing all weblogs that deal with trusted computing. In the mean time, here is a list of the weblogs I…

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Virtualizing the TPM

Increasingly, people are working on virtual, software-based implementations of the TPM (just to give one example). In addition, companies are thinking about imp…

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Apple and the TPM

As recent news (Wired and CNet) indicates, Apple is using an Infineon TPM chip in order to bind its forthcoming x86-based version of Mac OS to particular hardwa…

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DRM and movie theaters

Recently, Digital Cinema Initiatives (a joint venture of Disney, Fox, MGM, Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal and Warner Bros. Studios) finally p…

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Trusted Computing and Open Source

In a recent paper on the forthcoming GPL version 3, Richard Stallman and Eben Moglen mention briefly the potential tension between trusted computing and the ope…

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On the Grokster decision

As any decent blog in the U.S. seems to require a posting on today's Grokster decision by the Supreme Court, here are my $ 0.02 (for a very interesting disc…

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GPS-based speed limit enforcement

Recently, the Supreme Court of Connecticut decided that enforcing a speed limit on a rental car by a GPS-based system is illegal. Decision is here.…

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TCG Best Practices

TCG Best Practices Committee, Design, Implementation, and Usage Principles for TPM-Based Platforms, Version 1.0, May 2005. For more information, click here.…

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Updated TC literature

I have updated the TC literature section down below. If you know any other sources that deal with important technological advances in the area of TC or with leg…

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CIS talk presentation: different formats

In addition to the slides of my recent talk about trusted computing at the CIS in Stanford, there is also an audio version available. Furthermore, I have creat…

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Broadcast flag struck down

So the broadcast flag was struck down yesterday. As always, Ernest Miller has a nice summary of the reactions.…