Dartmouth Project Combines Linux With TCPA

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 9, 2003 @08:33PM from the smoosh dept.

SiliconEntity writes "A new project from Dartmouth College demonstrates significant advances in combining Linux with TCPA. The software turns a Linux PC into a 'virtual secure coprocessor', which is able to check that none of its software is compromised and even (in a future version) prove its integrity to a remote system. Full GPL source code is available for the 2.4 kernel. This work is separate from the earlier IBM research which also combined Linux with TCPA, with the new project apparently more complete and with a road map towards a very functional Linux based trusted computing system. This could be an important technology for Linux to challenge Microsoft as it pushes forward with NGSCB (aka Palladium)."

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Sweet by jimbobborg · 2003-09-09 20:35 · Score: -1, Troll

Wish Linux would innovate, not just follow in MS's footsteps.
1. Re:Sweet by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 20:48 · Score: -1, Troll
  
  sorry mate, M$ has it already...
  these days if you bring you windos box online you can be sure it IS compromized...
Fuck me by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 20:58 · Score: -1, Troll

Yes, fuck me
So if I got this right.. by PimpNinjaWannaBee · 2003-09-09 21:28 · Score: -1, Troll

GPL + PC + GNU/Linux + TCPA >= NGSCB?
Linux new drm by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 23:27 · Score: -1, Troll

Trying to be more like wind0ze everyday. how lame.
Next OS? I'm ordering BSD today.
rm -rf /linux