
Bootstrapping Trust in Modern Computers
Springer (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 30. August 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 101 pages
978-1-4614-1459-9 (ISBN)
Description
Trusting a computer for a security-sensitive task (such as checking email or banking online) requires the user to know something about the computer's state. We examine research on securely capturing a computer's state, and consider the utility of this information both for improving security on the local computer (e.g., to convince the user that her computer is not infected with malware) and for communicating a remote computer's state (e.g., to enable the user to check that a web server will adequately protect her data). Although the recent "Trusted Computing" initiative has drawn both positive and negative attention to this area, we consider the older and broader topic of bootstrapping trust in a computer. We cover issues ranging from the wide collection of secure hardware that can serve as a foundation for trust, to the usability issues that arise when trying to convey computer state information to humans. This approach unifies disparate research efforts and highlights opportunities for additional work that can guide real-world improvements in computer security.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
10 s/w Abbildungen
IX, 101 p. 10 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
195 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4614-1459-9 (9781461414599)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4614-1460-5
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Bryan Parno | Jonathan M. McCune | Adrian Perrig
Bootstrapping Trust in Modern Computers
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