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Re: trusted computing and virtualization


From: mtrend () gmail com
Date: 23 Sep 2008 12:40:51 -0000

Hi,

Sorry for the late post, but just in case:

the TCG in fact mentions virtualisation, it's called DRTM (Dynamic Root of Trust for Measurement), or in other words 
"How to kickstart trusted components at runtime"; this can be anything, but the intended use is for the hypervisor. The 
upper PCRs are reserved for it and INTEL TXT/AMD-V specifically add hardware-support (which is a little bit more than 
accelerating hypervisors, since the start of the DRTM is security-enforced via various tricks).

Hope this helps, even if late!


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