Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

[Dabears4]

New Wave - "initialize legacy TPMs in older machines"

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check out what Dell released this week..... seems to fit the bill.

http://media.community.dell.com/en/dtc/attach/enabling_tpm_with_cctk_sce.pdf



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So why don’t the government and systems integrators just go out and turn on their TPMs already? First, the management technology they’ve decided upon was only recently made available, and this will soon move to the pilot stage for proof of concept for Cyber Command. The government is also working with the major PC OEMs to implement a process whereby they can initialize legacy TPMs in older machines (newer PCs are being delivered w/ TPMs turned on) without any physical touch aside from PCs needing to be powered up overnight. This feature should soon be ready. Finally, before TPMs are activated the BIOS in each machine will need to be refreshed with tools provided by the PC OEMs. I heard two estimates on timing for implementation with DoD: 6 months and mid-2012. Then we’ll finally begin the process across government and industry to close the doors on the outlaws of trust.