[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > With TPMs it's a bit different, they're absent from the hardware by default
in case you're referring to the TCPA (trusted computing platform alliance) TPM.. my understanding from a person active in the NEA working group (IETF) is that TPMs these days "come along for free" because they're included on-die in at least one of said chips. I don't recall whether he said it was the network interface (NIC) and/or one of the others. So anyway, he said "...enterprise-class systems (eg Dell Latitudes) mostly all already contain, TPMs and various network gear manufacturers have boxes that speak to them already, and NEA is just trying to standardize the protocols..." I've noticed my latitude systems do in fact have a bios option for enabling/disabling their TPMs. (mine are disabled) the way in that IT depts ensure that vic...er...employees don't turn 'em off (as I understand it) is they set the BIOS admin password on their "assets" (computers) before their give them out. =JeffH --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]