Dell to Add Security Chip to PCs

[Erwann ABALEA]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Trei, Peter wrote:

> Seeing as it comes out of the TCG, this is almost certainly
> the enabling hardware for Palladium/NGSCB. Its a part of
> your computer which you may not have full control over.

Please stop relaying FUD. You have full control over your PC, even if this
one is equiped with a TCPA chip. See the TCPA chip as a hardware security
module integrated into your PC. An API exists to use it, and one if the
functions of this API is 'take ownership', which has the effect of
erasing it and regenerating new internal keys.

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Erwann ABALEA <erwann at abalea.com> - RSA PGP Key ID: 0x2D0EABD5

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