[Solar-general] trusted computing

[Pablo Manuel Rizzo]

Por qué alguien compraría una cosa así, tan ridículamente ineficiente,
restrictiva e insegura?

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 11:30, Diego Saravia <dsa en unsa.edu.ar> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> --
> Diego Saravia
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> NO FUNCIONA->dsa en unsa.edu.ar
>
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