Palladium Presentation
Arnold G. Reinhold,
Cypherpunks / Cryptome,
Oct 24, 2002
The inside scoop on Palladium, Microsoft's proposed "trusted computing" platform. This item is a summary of a talk given by Microsoft's Brian LaMacchia. It gets a bit technical at times, but outlines the basic plan (to create a virtual machine, called Nexus, running inside the operating system, that displays trusted content - all other 'untrusted' applications would be prohibited from accessing Nexus memory). Issues remain: could you create an airtight virtual machine, for example?
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