Re: TPM against XSS and Phishing

["Dennis Li" <dennis.li.sh () gmail com>]

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 1:43 AM, Dennis Li <dennis.li.sh () gmail com> wrote:
> Hi, Charis
>
> I don't think any relationship between the secure boot (TPM) and XSS and phishing.
>
> The secure boot is to prevent unauthrozied person to access your pc and privacy data on harddisk by encrpting your 
> harddisk.
>
> XSS and phishing attack work on web site. In some cases, the hack could access your data through the backdoor opened 
> by trojoan which is injected by the XSS attack indirectly. (Malicious java script will be runned by XSS attack, and 
> it may cause buffer overrun, and privilege to access your pc can be get, then backdoor will be opened). Even in that 
> case, the TPM may not work since you already log on to your OS, and the data is decrypted.
>
> So maybe you need state more clear about your requirement.
>
> Dennis
>
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Charis <cycharis () yahoo gr> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Can anyone help me on how the use of secure boot(using a TPM) on vista could
> > prevent XSS and phishing attacks?
> > Thanks in advance
> > Charis