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Microsoft’s Palladium Features Reduced For Launch
SecurityProNews
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2005-04-28
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Microsoft announced at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference that it would offer a scaled down version of its anticipated Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB) in time for Longhorn's release in 2006.
Citing that the formerly codenamed Palladium would not be completely ready until 2007 or 2008, Jim Allchin, vice president for platforms, said it would release a substitute named Secure Startup.
Initially, NGSCB featured the ability to create secure compartmentalization of data and applications.
This feature uses a software component called a 'nexus' to separate applications from each other and the operating system by using the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) to encrypt data streams.
This creates, in essence, an environment in which a virus would be unable to reproduce itself between programs.
"Not all of the compartmentalization technology will be available. The main thing is Secure Startup," said Allchin.
In addition, not all existing PCs will be able to support NGSCB. Only newly released computers with the label, "Ready PC," will be guaranteed to support Longhorn security.
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