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IBM Trials TCPA Chip Under Linux

Posted by michael on from the trial-by-fire dept.

keihin writes "From IBM: IBM's Global Security Analysis Lab (GSAL) has done extensive analysis of the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA) chip available on some IBM systems. We have the chip running under Linux, and have studied it extensively. In order to clarify a lot of misunderstanding about the chip, we are making available some helpful white papers and open source device drivers for Linux, so that interested people can test and use the chip in an open environment."

3 of 392 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Great news by Scud_the_disposable_ · · Score: 0, Troll
    it's good to see that IBM is on-board

    Good to see??? umm... I hope your joking, cause otherwise, you have NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!!!

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  2. Re:I much much rather have TCPA then pallidium by manyoso · · Score: 0, Troll

    You shouldn't be trusting IBM on this. They do not deserve any trust when it comes to DRM. They have been very active in marketing DRM to the likes of RIAA and the entertainment industry.

    Have a look at the Sony article for why you should not trust a company to do the right thing when they have conflicting interests (in this case, Linux and the Free Software philosophy VS DRM)

  3. again.. by QuantumG · · Score: 0, Troll

    why do you need to know the private key? So you can give it to someone else? That's stupid, and completely defeats the purpose of asymetrical encryption. As long as the hardware does what you say then you have access to your private key, and that's all you ever need.

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    How we know is more important than what we know.