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Intel Safer Computing Initiative
by David Grawrock
Part Number: ISBN 0-9764832-6-2
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With the ever-increasing connectivity of home and business computers, it is essential that developers understand how the Intel Safer Computing Initiative can provide critical security building blocks to better protect the PC computing environment. A highly versatile set of hardware-based security enhancements, codenamed La Grande technology (LT), will be coming soon to Intel® processors, chipsets, and platforms. This book covers the fundamentals of LT and key Trusted Computing concepts such as security architecture, cryptography, trusted computer base, and trusted channels.
Highlights include:
History of trusted computing and definitions of key concepts
Comprehensive overview of protections that are provided by La Grande technology
Case study showing how access to memory is the focal point of an attack
Protection methods for execution, memory, storage, input, and graphics
How the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) supports attestation
In this concise book, the lead security architect for Intel's next-generation security initiative provides critical information you need to evaluate Trusted Computing for use on today's PC systems and to prepare your designs to respond to future threats.
About the Author
David Grawrock is a Principal Engineer and Security Architect for the Initiatives, Technology, Path-finding, and Planning group at Intel. As the end-to-end security architect for the Digital Enterprise Group, he leads the security initiative. He serves as Chair of the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Trusted Platform Module workgroup and is the Intel representative to the TCG Technical Committee. With 28 years in the computer industry, David holds 10 patents, has many more pending, and has held lead technical positions with Central Point Software, Symantec*, and Lotus Development Corporation.
http://www.shop-intel.com/shop/product.asp?pid=SIBK3590&pfid=90&pindex=3&mscssid=B3BX6BN...
Wildman, page 61 did not make sense to me. How do you think they will actually convert it?
John
I know everyone has seen this, but it is very nice to see security getting major attention at Gateway and it is worth looking at again:
http://www.gateway.com/index.shtml
I know people have seen this before, but it appears AMD begins to support/advocate TPMs in a big way beginning in Q2 2006.
John
http://www.dvhardware.net/article5372.html
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2587
Fullmoon & Barge,
thanks for the reports. Fullmoon, I work for a wife that has "mad capital"; it's the kind of money that slowly disappears over time, lol.
A lot of people don't realize what has had to happen for Wave to make money on TPMs.
1.)Sell TPMs as a concept--no revenue for Wave-- Wavoids happy
2.)Produce TPMs -- no revenue for Wave -- Wavoids testy
3.)Test TPMs -- no revenue for Wave -- Wavoids mad
4.)Sell TPMs -- some revenue for Wave -- Wavoids livid
5.)Saturate TPMs -- more revenue for Wave -- Wavoids worn-out
6.)Turn on TPMs -- lot's of revenue for Wave -- Wavoids proudly display t-shirts, mugs and license plates.
thanks again,
John
Cogz,
I would not bet the bank on 15-20 million in revenues over the next two quarters. In fact, I would not bet a small portion of the bank.
John
Once again, you have a couple of people changing the focus of the board away from the company and progress.
Datacasting is back...
MovieBeam to debut online HDTV film delivery
The video-on-demand service will allow viewers to rent first-run movies in high-definition format.
February 14, 2006: 6:02 AM EST
http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/14/technology/movie_beam.reut/index.htm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A video-on-demand movie service spun out of Walt Disney Co. will introduce the first online delivery service of high-definition films to U.S. homes Tuesday.
With top Hollywood and Silicon Valley partners, Burbank, Calif.-based MovieBeam said it plans to offer first-run films from six of the seven film studios in standard digital-video format and high-definition films from Disney (Research) and Warner Bros. studios. (Warner Bros. is owned by Time Warner, as is CNNMoney.com.)
The video-on-demand service is aimed at heavy movie renters and initially will be offered in 29 U.S. cities, including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, at prices competitive with renting the same movie at video retailer Blockbuster Inc (Research).
"They appear to be ready to deliver true high-definition movies. That's a breakthrough," said Gerry Kaufhold analyst In-Stat/MDR.
MovieBeam, which was founded by Walt Disney four years ago, appeared to have run out of steam when Disney took a $24 million writedown on the company last summer. It was revived last month with a $48.5 million cash infusion from Disney, Cisco Systems Inc. (Research), Intel Corp. (Research) and three venture capital firms.
MovieBeam bypasses network bottle-necks through a technology called "datacasting," which broadcasts up to 10 new movies a week to subscribers using an exclusive transmission deal to send data signals over the Public Broadcasting System network.
Delivering high-definition (HD) videos to consumers has been restricted by the limits of high-capacity networks needed to deliver feature-length videos to millions of consumers via satellite, phone or cable TV networks.
MovieBeam's delivery also gets a jump on the emerging high-definition video disk market, which has been hampered by battles over standards.
Cisco will sell the MovieBeam film storage boxes under its Linksys consumer electronics brand through U.S. electronics retailers Best Buy Co., CompUSA and Sears
The Linksys box, with capacity for 100 movies, is priced around $200, after a rebate and a $29 activation fee. It's meant to be stacked on top of a cable TV set-top box and comes with a paperback-book sized antenna to receive movie updates.
First-run standard format videos will rent for $3.99 and high-definition videos will rent for $4.99. Older movies in the catalog cost $1.99 for standard format and $2.99 for high-definition format movies -- rates roughly in line with those at video stores.
"If you're somebody who rents an awful lot of movies, this is potentially attractive," Forrester Research analyst Josh Bernoff said.
"But, for the great mass of the movie-viewing public, getting a separate set-top box just to get movies is an awfully big stretch," he said.
Jump-starting online movie delivery
Despite frequent obituaries for the video store industry, seven out of 10 movies are still rented at retail outlets. An estimated 85 percent of rentals are for first-run videos -- the 50 or 60 latest releases prominently featured in stores.
It's this piece of the video market that MovieBeam is targeting.
Netflix Inc. (Research), which offers DVD rentals for a monthly subscription fee from a library of 55,000 films, postponed the planned 2005 launch of its own movie download service, because of problems acquiring content, according to Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings.
Hastings said in October that Netflix was working to develop technology to deliver online movies so the service can be ready to launch "when the content climate begins to thaw."
Media companies had resisted allowing widespread online downloading of first-run movies for fear of cannibalizing the huge profits they make on DVD sales and of losing DVD sales to piracy.
Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter said there is also a question of whether U.S. broadband penetration is sufficient to make online downloading a significant revenue generator for the studios.
"You can't rent high-definition films today," said investor Matthew Howard of Norwest Venture Partners, a co-investor with Mayfield Fund and VantagePoint Venture Partners. "The beauty is that everyone else has to work out network access in order to offer anything similar," he said of potential online rivals.
On the stock:
I am more bullish than I have ever been. Logic has always indicated that more industry involvement was needed to pull off trusted computing than Wave alone. Logic also indicated that things would not get real interesting until 1.2. Other companies are participating (125+) and 1.2 is here.
This has never been about one company, but one company stands to gain more than others. One company has also been a giant voice helping to mobilize the industry. All evidence indicates that pc companies are making a major commitment to 1.2. Why? Because it's cheap to add this component? Logic would indicate otherwise.
I am here and more bullish than ever because logic tells me we are getting close. Wave was 50 dollars a share a few years ago and only had a blue print. Now we are less than a dollar and we have real product and a committed industry. The market has been wrong in evaluating this company, imo. There have been mistakes made along the way by the management of this company, but at the end of the day we sit here in a great position to be a major beneficiary of a major industry movement. Whose fault is that? Let's see what the markets say when the dust settles. All the above: in my opinion and not a solicitation to buy or sell WAVX.
John
Unix,
are you the same person that was comparing share prices, lol?
John
Awk,
well said. I have a lot of ignores on, so I am spared the irritation of many of theses posts. Thanks for taking task to respond.
John
The Gateway news is awesome. A few more strokes of the brush and the dots will become a painting for everyone to appreciate.
John
Scorpio,
that may qualify as one of the oldest articles posted here.
John
Happy Holidays to all and may 2006 be as rewarding as I think it will be, lol.
John
Gateway's with TPMs. I believe some of these have been unearthed:
http://www.gateway.com/products/gconfig/prodseries.asp?seg=cp&gcseries=gtwym460b
http://www.gateway.com/products/gconfig/prodseries.asp?seg=sb&gcseries=gtwym680b
http://www.gateway.com/products/gconfig/prodseries.asp?seg=sb&gcseries=gtwym250b
http://www.gateway.com/products/GConfig/proddetails.asp?system_id=m460esb&seg=sb
http://www.gateway.com/products/GConfig/proddetails.asp?system_id=m250esb&seg=sb
http://www.gateway.com/products/gconfig/proddetails.asp?seg=sb&system_id=m280eb
From Gateway:
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
TPM is an embedded hardware chip that stores keys, passwords and digital certificates. A groundbreaking advancement in security, TPM provides an extra level of protection against information exposure.
• Protects and authenticates user passwords from a hardware chip instead of in the software, providing a much higher level of security
• Safequards e-mail communications and file transfers, ensures private communication
• Capable of encrypting hard drive to defend against hackers
Kant,
there may be little incentive to upgrade, but they will be upgraded in '06 (lease expiration) and there will be increased opportunities.
The network is being deployed.
John
Barge,
I believe Apple and Windows based pcs are replaced at the same rate. We have not seen any revenue from Windows pcs to date. This is where Wave has been focused. Windows based pcs have had a lead on deploying TPMs. There will be tremendous opportunity with Apple once scale is reached, but that will not real quickly.
The network is being deployed.
John
Barge,
logic would dictate that Wave will not see any revenue from anything Apple related for quite a while. However, without TPMs, one could be assured that we would never see any revenue from Apple.
The network is being deployed.
John
Barge, I am guessing no recommendations are forthcoming until quite a few apples have TPMs. However, without TPMs, Wave has no opportunity. So by default, more TPMs = great for Wave and in my humble opinion, for consumers and enterprises.
John
Barge,
there will need to be some saturation of TPMs first, but it is awesome to see TPMs moving forward at a rapid pace. I think we can start talking about all things digital with TPMs once again, lol..pcs, mac, cell phones, pdas, mp3 players. Threre are reasons to be more encouraged at our opportunity than ever.
John
Oknpv,
not out of the realm of possibility and it's something we should keep our eyes on.
John
Barge,
I don't disagree that there is enormous potential with Apple and with consumer apps, but I would bet we will not see anything with Wave and Apple out of the gate. Nonetheless, the TPM space is just beginning and every day is getting more and more interesting with the additional proliferation of TPMs. I think 2006 will be a happy year for Wave investors.
John
I thinks Asus supplies motherboards to AMD.
John
I don't know if I've seen this Tom's Hardware review article on TPMs was ever posted:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/10/05/staying_in_control_with_trusted_platform_modules/index.html
John
This may have been posted:
Asus motherboard with TPM
http://www.computerhq.com/hardware/parts-cat_id-14-brand-asus-page-4.html
John
Nicknamen,
they are concentrating on the other 95% of the market first.
John
Cosign,
no -- someone else.
John
Trustcousa,
sorry, but that's a silly post, imo. How do you figure the recent funding is any different than the last 4, exept at a lower price? Additionally, revenue will continue to ramp.
John
Snackman,
I will not disagree that it is easier to run a company from the couch, lol. I have been nothing but complimentary about Wave management and I still am. However, the decisions they have made around capital have not been great. Now, where's my remote, lol?
John
Dory,
they could have raised more money in the past and they chose not too, fact. That was and has been a terrible, terrible decision. Access to capital is one of the biggest challenges any organization faces. This is one area that I am very critical of management. There have been terrible decisions made as it pertains to operating capital.
John
CPA,
don't let the door hit you on your way out.
John
I don't know if this has been on Wave's home page for long, but I like the fact that they are hammering home a speedy ROI. This is a nice little summary.
From Wave's Website:
Wave Systems solves the most critical security problems for enterprises and government with software solutions that are trustworthy, reliable, easy to use, and offer a speedy return on investment. Wave's trusted computing software solutions include strong authentication, data protection, advanced password management and enterprise-wide trust management services.
Weets, I'm not an IT guy, but I know how the industry works. Idiots might be a strong word, but once the companies that have IT leaders light the way, peers in the industry will follow. It will get easier.
John
New Wave,
a nice government contract would be a nice start!
John
Let's all not forget that we are selling software that requires hardware that previously did not exist. This is no small exercise but we are all seeing the necessary pieces of the foundation put into place.
John
Bigtim,
I agree with that as well. I think Wave can make some large enterprise sales early as well, however, they will not initially be for the entire network. Those are not easy sales. Sales will get easier (IMO) every day based on increased volumes of TPMS, increased awareness of TPMs, and increased knowledge of who the players are in the TPM market.
John
Weby,
this market is barely beginning. Wave has not missed anything. People who need to know are slowly getting educated and more and more pcs with TPMs are appearing. It's happening, just not at the pace many would have liked. I have no doubt it's going to be great and all the things that need to happen are starting to happen.
John