Free Rootkit with Every New Intel Machine

[Peter Gutmann]

"David G. Koontz" <david_koontz at xtra.co.nz> writes:

>There are third party TPM modules, which could allow some degree of
>standardization:

As I said in my previous message, just because they exist doesn't mean they'll
do anything if you plug them into a MB with the necessary header (assuming you
have a MB with the header, and it's physically compatible, and electrically
compatible, and the BIOS is compatible, and ...).

Which MBs have you plugged one of these TPMs into and had it work?

>TPM may well end up being present ubiquitously.

Smart cards may well end up being present ubiquitously.
Hardware RNGs may well end up being present ubiquitously.
NIC-based crypto may well end up being present ubiquitously.
Biometric readers may well end up being present ubiquitously.
Home taping is killing mus... oops, wrong list.

Been there, done that, got the tchotchkes to prove it.

I've seen zero evidence that TPMs are going to be anything other than a repeat
of hardware RNGs, NIC-based crypto, biometric readers, and the pile of other
failed hardware silver bullets that crop up every few years.  Wait a  year or
two and there'll be some other magic gadget along to fix all our problems.

Peter.

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