04-08-2014, 03:40 PM
NEXT GENERATION SECURE COMPUTING BASE
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INTRODUCTION
In June 2002, Microsoft released information regarding its new "Palladium" initiative. Palladium is a system that combines software and hardware controls to create a "trusted" computing platform. In doing so, it would establish an unprecedented level of control over users and their computers.
Architecture and technical details
A complete Microsoft-based Trusted Computing-enabled system will consist not only of software components developed by Microsoft but also of hardware components developed by the Trusted Computing Group.
In current Trusted Computing specifications, there are two hardware components;
1.The Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
2. Curtained memory
PALLADIUM
Palladium is the popular name for Microsoft’s next-generation “secure” operating platform. Perhaps because of controversy associated with the code name, the company now refers to it as “NGSCB,” for Microsoft’s Next Generation Secure Computing Base.
[b]TRUSTED COMPUTING
Trusted Computing (TC) is a technology developed and promoted by the Trusted Computing Group.
The term is taken from the field of trusted systems and has a specialized meaning.
This will be enforced with Computer hardware and Software.
AVAILABILITY
When originally announced, NGSCB was expected to be part of the next major version of the Windows Operating System, Windows Vista.
CONCLUSION
Palladium is a platform
Enables ISVs to write trusted apps easily.
First version in future version of Windows
Sometime around 2005 or 2006
Will it work?
Who knows. Microsoft hopes so.
Do you want it to work?
There are good and bad outcomes of it.
It’s a personal decision.