28-11-2009, 06:51 PM
Microsofts Next Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB).
Abstract
NGSCB provides high assurance computing in a manner consistent with the commercial requirements of mass market systems. This poses a number of challenges and here describe the system architecture have used to overcome them. pay particular attention to reducing the trusted computing base to a small and manageable size. This includes operating the system without trusting the BIOS, most devices and device drivers and the bulk of the code of mass market operating systems. Furthermore, we seek to strengthen access control and network authentication in mass market systems by authenticating executable code at all system layers.
