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Could you please tell me if technically you can have security hardware based? Apple now competes with Intel, even in hardware. Would it make sense for Intel to
by pointillistic 16y ago
Could you please tell me if technically you can have security hardware based? Apple now competes with Intel, even in hardware. Would it make sense for Intel to have a "more secure" processors?
- dododo 16y agothere's already a lot of hardware-based "security" out there. for example: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module * http://www.intel.com/technology/anti-theft/ http://www.intel.com/technology/anti-theft/ * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NX_bit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NX_bit and so on, of which Intel is currently involved with lots. Security is what a desktop processor spends a lot of it's time doing: making sure programs are isolated from one another and the kernel whilst still executing code.
- rwmj 16y agovPro as well, which I strongly suspect is what this is about. Intel want to put AV underneath the operating system (ie. under Windows), using their virtualization technology to make it invisible to the OS. This was one of the ideas behind their "failed" vPro project[1]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_vPro#Security_and_Intel_vPro_PCs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_vPro#Security_and_Intel_v... [1] Yes, I know vPro didn't "fail", but parts of it did, including an earlier attempt to shovel AV under the OS.