[Solar-general] trusted computing

[Diego Saravia]

Developments in "Trusted Computing"

In the meantime, note the following "Trusted Computing" developments.
First, a workshop at CMU.  Plus Microsoft has recently hired Jonathan
Shapiro, lead developer for the EROS/Coyotos/Bit-C projects.  These
are projects to produce a fully virtualized operating system, which is
a key part of palladiated computers -- a form of "DRM" that succeeds
completely in robbing you of the ability to control your own
computer.  "Virtualization" means making *all* parts of the computer
virtual -- you cannot directly address a port, a bit in RAM,
anything.  Essentially,  every single operation on the computer is
PGP-encrypted, and you must route all operations through an
impregnable kernel.  A palladiated computer uses *somebody else's*
private key on your own computer's motherboard, creating a system that
gives outsiders complete control over what you can do.

"Trusted Infrastructure" Workshop
> http://www.cylab.cmu.edu/TIW/

Microsoft hires Jonathan Shapiro:
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2463
> http://www.coyotos.org/pipermail/bitc-dev/2009-April/001784.html

Richard Stallman on Treacherous Computing:
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.html

"Virtualization" technology proceeds apace while our policy channels
fail to distinguish private interest concerns from the true concerns
and nature of copyright.


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Diego Saravia
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