[security-area] Re: Trusted Computing: Proposed Research Group

[wenbo.mao at hp.com]

In my recent preparation of a presentation on Trusted Computing for Grid
Security, I did a search and found the following sites informative:

http://pericson.com/journal/2005/03/19-trusted-computing-hardware-in-pcs/

In a nutshell, IDC predicts by end of 2005, 20 million platforms shipped
world wide will install a hardware trusted platform module. By 2007, more
than 70% of the PCs shipped world wide will have such a module. So TCP is
really not far away.

Best regards,
Wenbo Mao


> Dear all,
>
> Bumping in to Olle Mulmo this week, I was reminded that it was over
> three weeks ago that I posted this invitation to discuss the Trusted
> Computing Proposed Research Group.  The final paragraph (below) has
> proved very optimistic!
>
> Please do contribute discussion and expressions of support (or even
> dissent),  if only to give our area chairs confidence that there is
> genuine interest in pursuing this group.
>
> Best regards
>
> Andrew
>
>
> Andrew Martin wrote:
>> Following the distribution of a draft charter a couple of weeks ago, we
>> held a BOF at GGF13 last week on this proposed new research group.
>> Notes of the meeting, with copies of the presentations, and a draft
>> charter are at the group's temporary web site:
>>
>>     http://www.softeng.ox.ac.uk/Andrew.Martin/TC/index.html
>>
>> There appeared to be a fair amount of support, and general interest in
>> at least some of the items in the draft charter.  We remain uncertain
>> about whether to include the production of a roadmap document as part of
>> the initial charter or not.
>>
>> Discussion of the charter and the research group's formation is now
>> welcome.  Please use this mailing list: if the traffic becomes too high,
>> no doubt a separate list can be created.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Andrew Martin
>> Wenbo Mao
>>
>>
>>
>
>