Re: [IP] Open Source TCPA driver and white papers (fwd)

2003-02-11 Thread Mike Rosing
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Michel Messerschmidt wrote: > The TPM is a mandatory part of the TCPA specifications. > There will be no TCPA without TPM. That makes sense, TPM is just key storage. > And there will be no TCPA-enabled system with complete user control. > Just look at the main specification:

Re: [IP] Open Source TCPA driver and white papers (fwd)

2003-02-11 Thread Michel Messerschmidt
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 02:32:13PM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: > TPM != TCPA. TCPA with *user* control is good. The TPM is a mandatory part of the TCPA specifications. There will be no TCPA without TPM. And there will be no TCPA-enabled system with complete user control. Just look at the main spe

Re: [IP] Open Source TCPA driver and white papers (fwd)

2003-02-09 Thread Mike Rosing
On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer wrote: > However note: you can't defend TCPA as being "good" vs Palladium "bad" > (as you did by in an earlier post) by saying that TCPA only provides > key storage. TPM != TCPA. TCPA with *user* control is good. > As Michel noted

Re: [IP] Open Source TCPA driver and white papers (fwd)

2003-02-08 Thread Mike Rosing
On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Michel Messerschmidt wrote: > AFAIK, IBM's "embedded security subsystem 1.0" is only a key > storage device (Atmel AT90SP0801 chip). > But the TPM we're talking about is part of the TCPA compliant > "embedded security subsystem 2.0" which supports all specified > TPM functions,

Re: [IP] Open Source TCPA driver and white papers (fwd)

2003-02-06 Thread Mike Rosing
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer wrote: > I think you may have been mislead by the slant of paper. > > Quoting from the paper: > > http://www.research.ibm.com/gsal/tcpa/why_tcpa.pdf > > you will see: > > | The TCPA chip is not particularly suited to DRM. While it do

Re: [IP] Open Source TCPA driver and white papers (fwd)

2003-02-05 Thread Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer
Mike Rosing wrote: > > - secure boot > > - sealing > > - remote attestation > > It does *not* do these parts. I think you may have been mislead by the slant of paper. Quoting from the paper: http://www.research.ibm.com/gsal/tcpa/why_tcpa.pdf you will see: | The TCPA chip is not particularly su

Re: [IP] Open Source TCPA driver and white papers (fwd)

2003-02-05 Thread Mike Rosing
On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, AARG! Anonymous wrote: > The main features of TCPA are: > > - key storage The IBM TPM does this part. > - secure boot > - sealing > - remote attestation It does *not* do these parts. That's why IBM wants the TPM != TCPA to be loud and clear. That's why the RIAA can't expec

Re: [IP] Open Source TCPA driver and white papers (fwd)

2003-02-04 Thread AARG! Anonymous
Mike Rosing wrote: > Thanks Eugen, It looks like the IBM TPM chip is only a key > store read/write device. It has no code space for the kind of > security discussed in the TCPA. The user still controls the machine > and can still monitor who reads/writes the chip (using a pci bus > logger for ex

Re: [IP] Open Source TCPA driver and white papers (fwd)

2003-01-24 Thread Mike Rosing
On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, David Howe wrote: > Bearing in mind though that DRM/Paladium won't work at all if it can't > trust its hardware - so TPM != Paladium, but TPM (or an improved TPM) is > a prerequisite. Certainly! But this TPM is really nothing more than a dongle attached to the pci bus. It w

Re: [IP] Open Source TCPA driver and white papers (fwd)

2003-01-24 Thread David Howe
at Friday, January 24, 2003 4:53 PM, Mike Rosing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was seen to say: > Thanks Eugen, It looks like the IBM TPM chip is only a key > store read/write device. It has no code space for the kind of > security discussed in the TCPA. The user still controls the machine > and can still

Re: [IP] Open Source TCPA driver and white papers (fwd)

2003-01-24 Thread Mike Rosing
On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Eugen Leitl wrote: > -- Forwarded message -- > Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 02:29:27 -0500 > From: Dave Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: ip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [IP] Open Source TCPA driver and white papers > > > -- Forwarded Message > From: David Saffo

[IP] Open Source TCPA driver and white papers (fwd)

2003-01-24 Thread Eugen Leitl
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 02:29:27 -0500 From: Dave Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [IP] Open Source TCPA driver and white papers -- Forwarded Message From: David Safford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 12:05:39 -0