Securing the distribution and storage of secrets with trusted platform modules

  • Authors:
  • Paul E. Sevinç;Mario Strasser;David Basin

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland;Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland;Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

  • Venue:
  • WISTP'07 Proceedings of the 1st IFIP TC6 /WG8.8 /WG11.2 international conference on Information security theory and practices: smart cards, mobile and ubiquitous computing systems
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

We present a protocol that allows servers to securely distribute secrets to trusted platforms. The protocol maintains the confidentiality of secrets in the face of eavesdroppers and careless users. Given an ideal (tamper-proof) trusted platform, the protocol can even withstand attacks by dishonest users. As an example of its use, we present an application to secure document processing.