Re: Spaf did not receive your email (was Re: [SECURITY ] Job Descriptions)

[Gerald N Flynn <flynngn () JMU EDU>]

Wayne Smith wrote:
> At 10:33 AM 2/28/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>
> > Not that I disagree with your sentiment but can you imagine a
> > mandatory access control OS as a home computer? :)
>
>         Well...yes.  Both my reading of the Trusted Computing
>         Platform Alliance initiatives and Microsoft's (somewhat
>         related) Palladium initiative are but two major strategic
>         thrusts in this area.

I haven't made enough time to study those proposals in
depth. My skeptical nature wants to see an implementation
on a consumer platform.

In particular, I'd like to see how the architectures
(and the typical end user) handle unsigned code, the
trust decisions with signed code, general security
token (key?) protection and recovery, and privacy issues
on a "personal computer".

--
Gary Flynn
Security Engineer - Technical Services
James Madison University

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