Trusted Computing Platforms: TCPA Technology in Context

This book complements the TCPA standards by providing a plain-language explanation of the technical specifications, setting them in context and explaining how the technology can be used both in the short and longer term.

Table of Contents

Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Disclaimer.
About the Authors.

I. INTRODUCING TRUSTED PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY.

1. Trusted (Computing) Platforms: An Overview.
2. Usage Scenarios.
3. Key Components of Trusted Platform Technology.

II. TRUST MECHANISMS IN A TRUSTED PLATFORM.

4. Access Control-Ownership, Enabling, and Authorization.
5. Platform Identification and Certification.
6. Integrity Recording, Reporting, and Secure Boot.
7. Protected Storage.
8. Migration and Maintenance Mechanisms.
9. Conventional Security Functions and Assorted Host Functions. 

III. TRUSTED PLATFORMS IN PRACTICE.

10. Bringing a Trusted Platform to Life.
11. Building Trust.
12. Challenging a Trusted Platform.

IV. TRUSTED PLATFORMS FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.

13. Corporate Deployment of Trusted Platforms.
14. The Trusted Platform in Front of You.
Appendix A: Brief History of TCPA.
Appendix B: Trust Models and the E-Commerce Domain.
Appendix C: Basic Cryptographic Primitives Used in the TCPA Specification.
Glossary.
References.
Index.