Intel TPM: The Root Of Trust…Is Made In China
This is deliciously ironic.
Intel‘s implementation of the TCG-driven TPM — the Trusted Platform Module — often described as a hardware root of trust, is essentially a cryptographic processor that allows for the storage (and retrieval) and attestation of keys. There are all sorts of uses for this technology, including things I’ve written of and spoken about many times prior. Here’s a couple of good links:
But here’s something that ought to make you chuckle, especially in light of current news and a renewed focus on supply chain management relative to security and trust.
The Intel TPM implementation that is used by many PC manufacturers, the same one that plays a large role in Intel’s TXT and Mt. Wilson Attestation platform, is apparently…wait for it…manufactured in…wait for it…China.
<thud>
I wonder how NIST feels about that? ASSurance.
ROFLCoptr. Hey, at least it’s lead-free. o_O
Talk amongst yourselves.
/Hoff
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