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Catching up
Over the last few months, I have been very busy with other projects, and so I couldn't follow the TC discussions very closely. But I hope this will change o…
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DRM/TC Conference in Berlin next January
Together with Professor Pamela Samuelson from Berkeley and some colleagues from Germany and the U.K., I am currently co-organizing a large conference on digital…
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The German Government on TCG and NGSCB
After some public and non-public hearings held last year in Germany, the German government, more particular the German ministries of the Interior and of Economi…
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The Future of Microsoft NGSCB
After first rumors have appeared that Microsoft is cancelling NGSCB, the official story currently seams to be that Microsoft is reworking substantial parts of N…
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"Interesting Uses of Trusted Computing"
An anonymous blogger has posted a very interesting list of potential areas where TC might be helpful. While I agree with most of the text, I just want to raise…
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Comment Spam
I am sorry for all the comment spam that floods my (and other) blogs. However, this problem will be solved in a few weeks with an update of Movable Type at the…
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TCG replies to the Article 29 Working Party Report
TCG has published a short reply and Q&A to the European Article 29 Working Party report. There is not a whole lot of new information in there, though.…
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Article 29 Working Party Report
The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, which is an independent European advisory body on data protection and privacy under the European Data Protection D…
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Owner Override IV
There are also areas outside trusted computing where something like an owner override feature already exists. Some web browsers (such as Safari, Opera, and Konq…
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Owner Override III, or: TCG Liability Rules
A few months ago, Klaus Kursawe and Christian Stüble have published a paper that includes several proposals to improve the TCG specification. One of their propo…
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EFF on the Intel LaGrande Technology Policy
EFF has published its comments on the Intel LaGrande Technology Policy Draft. The paper raises several interesting points. Among other things, the paper stresse…
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Owner Override and Distributed Computing
I have written before about the advantages and disadvantages of including an owner override feature into trusted computing architectures. In the earlier posting…