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Microsoft Stalling TCG Best Practices Document?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the security-getting-in-the-way-of-profit dept.

It doesn't come easy writes "Bruce Schneier (of Counterpane Internet Security) suspects Microsoft doesn't want the recently Trusted Computing Group published best practices document: Design, Implementation, and Usage Principles for TPM-Based Platforms to apply to Vista. The reasons are mostly speculation at the moment but Bruce implies further investigation will be forthcoming..."

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  1. V. I. S. T. A. (the real meaning) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny


    Viruses
    Insecurities
    Spyware
    Trojans
    Adware


    1. Re:V. I. S. T. A. (the real meaning) by Philip+K+Dickhead · · Score: 4, Funny

      • Veracity
      • Integrity
      • Security
      • Trust
      • Accountability
      --
      "Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell
  2. Re:The DRM factor. by Prophet+of+Nixon · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have actually been chased up a tree by an angry sheep.

    Now, why I admit this randomly on the internet, I don't know... In any case, those things are mean.