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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: Tattooed on 2 March 2003, 18:55

Title: TCPA computers allready on sale
Post by: Tattooed on 2 March 2003, 18:55

It seems that TCPA is allready with us.  The IBM Thinkpad X30, Netvista has TCPA built in. You can check it out here.
http://www-916.ibm.com/press/prnews.nsf/jan/54B4D36E09EC0C0985256C24004DD3E3 (http://www-916.ibm.com/press/prnews.nsf/jan/54B4D36E09EC0C0985256C24004DD3E3)

I think this is a list of all the compaines that have sign up to TCPA
http://www.againsttcpa.com/tcpa-members.html (http://www.againsttcpa.com/tcpa-members.html)

Title: TCPA computers allready on sale
Post by: ForceSphere on 5 March 2003, 03:00

quote:

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Trusted Computing Platform Alliance, an industry work group focused on enhancing trust and security on computer platforms. The security subsystem, a combination of hardware and downloadable software, helps protect user authentication and both wired and wireless communications.

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Just how the hell does this help the user?  And my good god thats alot of companies!!

Title: TCPA computers allready on sale
Post by: Kintaro on 5 March 2003, 04:12

tcpa is security

tcpa == (! dcma) and (! microsoft)

Title: TCPA computers allready on sale
Post by: hm_murdock on 5 March 2003, 05:57

interesting that nobody that makes RISC-based stuff (aside from IBM) is on the list.

And IBM has said that TCPA will never find its way into its mainframes, minis, or their Power Architechture and PowerPC stuff.

Title: TCPA computers allready on sale
Post by: avello500 on 19 March 2003, 00:40

thats more disgusting than the last post i read. i need a bottle of 151.

Title: TCPA computers allready on sale
Post by: TheQuirk on 19 March 2003, 05:01

It's been that way for a while... I thought I posted something about that a year ago?