Microsoft Vista and security model

Much ink has been spilt about the new security measures in the upcoming Windows Vista. Whether you love them or loathe them, they'll almost certainly result in a more secure operating system, fewer malware and hopefully less spam from infected boxes. What you won't hear much about is trusted computing, which was set to be the next big thing in security.

Trusted computing is a scheme to create a secure, protected zone within computers which they can then use check the security of the rest of the system. In principal the scheme by the trusted computing group is a great idea but many people foresee problems. The early plans for Vista included extensive use of trusted computing, but as time has gone on, these have been whittled away and only one service in Vista uses it, the so-call BitLocker