outline

•Purpose

•Design

•Implementation

•Market

•Conclusion

presentation Outline

purpose

•Provide both a hardware & software solution to improve computer security

•Evaluate trust computing (i.e. platform module)

•Produce a marketable product

purpose

purpose

•Computer vulnerabilities

•Goal:

Authenticate all channels of communication to secure the machine

problem

•Memory

•Graphics

•Chipset

•Processor

hardware design

• Attestation

• Encryption

• Authentication

•Domain manager

•Trusted platform module (TPM)

•Sealed storage

•Key instructions: SENTER, SEXIT

software design

Launch Sequence:

•SENTER- chipset & CPU

•Loads code (AC) into register

•SEXIT- clear memory

software design (cont’d)

implementationimplementation

Primary client: corporate

•Secure financial & propriety information

•Cost-effective security

•Relationship with Intel between IT and developers

Secondary client: consumer

•Prevent compromised performance

•Real-measure of security (vs firewalls, service packs, etc)

•User-friendly

marketmarket

• Workstations

• Servers

• OEMs (Dell, Gateway, etc)

• Consumer computers

conclusionsconclusions

• Enhances Intel processors, chipsets, and platforms

• Creates a hardware that protects data from software-based attacks

• Implements well-known security properties

referencesacknowledgements

• Intel, http://www.intel.com/technology/security/

• Professor King

• University of the Pacific