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Srinivas Devadas and Luis F.G. Sarmenta.
Costan, Victor Marius
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2009-06-30T16:56:08Z
2009-06-30T16:56:08Z
2008
2008
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45988
341801190
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-110).
The Trusted Execution Module (TEM) is a high-level specification for a commodity chip that can execute user-supplied procedures in a trusted environment. The TEM draws inspiration from the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), the first security-related hardware that has gained massive adoption in the PC market. However, the TEM is capable of securely executing procedures expressing arbitrary computation, originating from a potentially untrusted party, whereas the TPM is limited to a set of cryptographic functions that is fixed at design-time. Despite its greater flexibility, the TEM design was implemented on the same inexpensive off-the-shelf hardware as the TPM, and it does not require any export-restricted technology. Furthermore, the TEM removes the expensive requirement of a secure binding to it host computer. This makes TEM a great candidate for the next-generation TPM. However, the TEM's guarantees of secure execution enable exciting applications that were far beyond the reach of TPM-powered systems. The applications include but are not limited to mobile agents, peer-to-peer multiplayer online games, and anonymous offline payments.
by Victor Marius Costan.
M.Eng.
110 p.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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