The Trusted Computing Dilemma

摘要

When Dr. Frankenstein embarked on his fateful experiment, he had no clue he was creating a monster. Are the developers of trusted computing models building a monster of their own? The concept is this: Before a user logs on to a network, his Or her computer must check in to a third-party machine, controlled by the network administrator, to ensure that the machine meets policy requirements. If it does, the user is allowed access to the network. If it doesn't, the user's connection is funneled to a restricted VLAN, where the user can make changes, or have changes made automatically, to ensure policy confor-mance before being redirected to the "real" network.