Bootstrapping Trust in Modern Computers

• Main Authors: Parno, Bryan (Author), McCune, Jonathan M. (Author), Perrig, Adrian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science, 10
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Database management.; Information storage and retrieval.; Computer Science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Information Storage and Retrieval.; Database Management.

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 securit...