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Linux Implements Support For Trusted Computing, Safer Online Transactions (The Gov Monitor)

Linux Implements Support For Trusted Computing, Safer Online Transactions (The Gov Monitor)
[Security] Posted Nov 23, 2009 20:41 UTC (Mon) by jake

The Gov Monitor looks at Trusted Computing (TC) features in openSUSE 11.2. "Technikon led a consortium of 23 research and business partners, including AMD, IBM, HP, Infineon and Novell, in developing open source software and applications for TC environments as part of the EU-funded OpenTC project. The group’s implementation of TC support in openSUSE version 11.2 involved building a trusted software stack (TSS) for Linux, developing universal virtualisation layers (including improvements to the Xen hypervisor virtual machine monitor) and creating TC and TPM management software. It constitutes a pioneering implementation of TC technology."

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