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Sprague, IBM, HP, etc: All the InfoSec presentations.

I realize that several folks here have seen the InfoSecurity presentations from the latter part of April. But, I hadn't:

https://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/downloads/InfoSecurity_25_April.pdf.

ALL the slides from the various presenters are located above.

This is the most current and most thorough TCG stuff that I've seen. It's approximately 50 slides.

Last night, I reviewed the slides--one by one-- and was, at various points, reminded of THE YEARS of various Wave involvements and advocacy that are "live wires" in the TCG.

Studying the executive structure of the TCG, you just have to smile when you see names like Robert Thibadeau and Geoffrey Strongin.

There are those on the fringes of this community who look at TCG and just see a group of high-powered companies pushing a standard that MAY or MAY not succeed. But, when you know and understand (at least, in part) the themes that Wave has championed since its inception--and you see names like Thibadeau and Strongin in the context of Wave's championship--you see the TCG in a wholly different light.

And, no, it doesn't require a Wavoid view of the world to see it this way. It DOES require a knowledge of the threads and various relationships that have brought us to this point. (In short, you need to be an amateur historian.) The AMD reference design. Thibadeau's seminar series at CMU and one of his presentations in particular: he postulated the need for EMBASSY chips on all kinds of devices and throughout the PC platform, e.g., on hard drives. The fact that ex-Wave employee, Michael Willett, is now employed (at least as of March) by Seagate and, presumably, works for Bob Thibadeau. Wave's announcement in 1998 with HP. The TCPA work. The Liberty Alliance work. The ISTPA work which is ongoing. The fact that Wave's was the ONLY CORPORATE voice, albeit a small one, raised in support of hardware-based security and authentication.

One side note: As I have not seen an archive of Sprague's actual presentation and his commentary, I found one slide to be somewhat odd. I believe it is slide #36 or #37. It has the words, "SiteMinder Process" on it. The slide, itself, is actually lifted from some materials by Netegrity, the makers of SiteMinder.

Best Regards,

c m