<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/17/wireless_trusted_platform/print.html> The Register Biting the hand that feeds IT The Register ; Mobile ; Mobile Apps ; Intel fortifies mobile transactions By Jan Libbenga (libbenga at yahoo.com) Published Thursday 17th February 2005 12:47 GMT 3GSM Intel has joined Orange and Visa International to better protect premium digital content and transactions on mobile handsets. The company will use a combination of hardware and software to provide more more security for consumers to pay for online music or video, the company announced this week at 3GSM in Cannes. The new Intel Wireless Trusted Platform (http://www.intel.com/design/pca/applicationsprocessors/whitepapers/30086801....) is comparable with solutions Intel has developed for desktop PCs. Connected to the motherboard or the inner circuitry is a Trusted Platform Module, which contains a unique digital signature of the platform's software configuration. When booted, the digital signature is recalculated and compared to previous signatures. If the signature can't be validated, devices are notified of a change in the reported platform's state. It will not only protect users against viruses and software corruption, but also secures content delivery and downloads. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'