On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 11:29:57PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > This is not right, because Mainboards with TCPA-Chip on it have the > Chip disabled by default. Never it will be activated by default.
Moreover, IBM (who is, as far as I know, the only company to release systems with TCPA) has already written TCPA drivers for Linux, and Linus has stated that he's willing to accept them into the mainstream kernel. This will (or at least should) give *you* control over the TCPA chip, so you can use it to enhance to the security of your system. http://www.research.ibm.com/gsal/tcpa/ Palladium is (probably, I'm not an expert) a bad thing, and Palladium is apparently based on TCPA, but that doesn't necessarily mean that TCPA is a bad thing. I admit that I still have mixed feelings about TCPA, but the white papers found at the link above do seem to address some of the more common fears and paranoias. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra- osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico- to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku