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Microsoft Scales Down Palladium

Posted by samzenpus on from the secure-enough dept.

bonch writes "Formerly known as Palladium, Next Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB) will not be fully available in Windows Longhorn after all. Instead, Longhorn will offer "the first part of NGSCB: Secure Startup," says Jim Allchin, Microsoft's group vice president for platforms. However, most hardware will not support this technology on release."

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  1. Reporting the obvious by MrMickS · · Score: 4, Informative
    Given that the majority of PCs out there don't have the necessary hardware to support the feature isn't this just an obvious statement. Reading the article its clear that the hardware isn't in a state to support the feature yet. It does hint that Longhorn will make use of the hardware should it be present.

    So rather than this being something pulled from Longhorn it's just being emphasised that having a system with the TPM chip isn't a requirement for running Longhorn.

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    You may think me a tired, old, cynic. I'd have to disagree about the tired bit.
  2. Re:TP-M my ass. by GIL_Dude · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not un-recoverable. Just not recoverable by the thief who took your machine. The only folks that will be turning this feature on are enterprises (like the one I work in) where many machines are stolen (yes, even desktops - we had an entire small office in south Africa burglarized recently - took 29 desktops). We lose many notebooks per year and nobody really knows what files were in temp, etc. For us, there will be the ability to do recovery keys, and even re-install windows (using a trusted mechanizm - not something easy to do for the thief on the street). All the IBM notebooks have had TPM modules for a couple of years. The HP 7600 is shipping with one. About time we make use of this stuff.