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[Debathena] #1001: Use Intel TXT for remote validation of clusters
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#1001: Use Intel TXT for remote validation of clusters-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------
Reporter: geofft | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: low | Milestone: The Distant Future
Component: -- | Keywords:
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-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- The Dell 790s (at least) have Intel processors that support
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Execution_Technology TXT], which can
use some combination of the
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module TPM] and
virtualization / IOMMU support to do remote attestation. That way we can
verify that the bootloader, the kernel, the [ticket:410 public workstation
verification script], and anything it depends on have not been tampered
with, and thereby trust the results of the verification script.
-- Ticket URL: <http://debathena.mit.edu/trac/ticket/1001>Debathena <http://debathena.mit.edu/>MIT Debathena Project
