Microsoft serves up Palladium details
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
During the month since Microsoft announced Palladium, the new plan to marry hardware and software security inside every Windows PC has been hailed as either a potential savior or a scourge for computer security and user freedom. Details about Palladium, which remains years from mass deployment, have been sketchy and are bound to change, but Microsoft is now providing more information about the system, what it will do and what it won't.
Palladium will create a "trusted space" within a PC where certain applications and operations can run. Palladium will require a security chip, as well as rewritten software designed to take advantage of the chip. Because the "trusted space" will be separate from Windows, Palladium should be able to better protect sensitive information and stop the spread of viruses and the like, according to Microsoft. The system will also allow users to create documents that expire after a certain amount of time or are limited in how they can be shared, Microsoft has said.