Jiri’s Notepad

Recovering from an identity and access management project I was working on for last two and half months gives me some space for reflection.
Intersting thing to notice how things change. Not so long ago everybody was ridiculing Microsoft Passport, extranet access management was the hot thing and hardware security was about smartcards. Today Microsoft is one […]

Brian Gladman: “At this stage, therefore, I don’t have a problem with TCPA features that are designed to allow PC owners to exert better control over the security of their machines (secure boot, OS signing etc.). But in respect of the DRM features, I am distinctly uneasy about their functionality in the hands of the […]

David Reed calls Intel LaGrande a product of “the temptation to presume that you can completely solve the evolving problem and fix the answer in hardware”. A thought provoking essay on architectural principles and security follows.