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A Trusted Open Platform

Date: January 2008
Type: White Paper
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Overview: Computers are entrusted with more personal and valuable data every day, and local and remote users need mechanisms to safeguard this data against misuse. A variety of access-control mechanisms address this problem. For example, most commercial systems require users to provide a password to log on. Users and administrators can configure the system to restrict access to resources, such as files containing sensitive data. However, such mechanisms have limited effectiveness in a mass-market setting because the kernel’s integrity cannot be ensured. Microsoft’s next-generation secure computing base aims to provide robust access control while retaining the openness of personal computers.


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