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http://www.fcw.com/article95467-07-31-06-Print

DOD considers more network security measures

The Defense Department is considering another Trusted Computing Group security technology, called Trusted Network Connect (TNC), an open architecture with standard specifications for endpoint integrity on any client device. TNC gives network administrators the ability to enforce security policies when a computer connects to the network.

TCG members developed TNC, which evaluates requests that the computer network receives for access and weeds out those that do not conform to the organization’s policies. TNC also comes with application programming interfaces that can link its components to the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip, said Steve Hanna, a distinguished engineer at Juniper Networks and co-chairman of TCG’s Trusted Network Connect subgroup.

Using TNC with TPM accomplishes a secure boot, making it possible to detect malicious attacks such as rootkit, a sneaky infection that hides at a low level of the machine and submits false reports to antivirus software.

“If you have an attack on firmware, then you can’t trust the reporting software that is higher up in the chain,” said Ned Smith, a senior security architect at Intel. “There’s a cascading interdependence between the operating system software and the firmware that is the basis for trusting the TNC client.”