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TCG Trusted Network Communications Server Discovery and Validation

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TCG Trusted Network Communications Server Discovery and Validation Version 1.0 Revision 25

Last updated:Oct 16, 2017
Oct 16, 2017
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This specification provides a standard means by which an endpoint may discover the presence of various types of Trusted Network Communications (TNC) and related servers and determine whether those servers are recognized and thus suitable for interaction. A Policy Decision Point (PDP) is one example of such a server, but the specification supports many server types, including servers associated with the IETF’s Network Endpoint Assessment (NEA) standards, as well as vendor-proprietary server types. As such, the Server Discovery and Validation specification allows dynamic creation of relationships between an endpoint and the servers with which it must interact.

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TCG Trusted Attestation Protocol (TAP) Use Cases for TPM Families 1.2 and 2.0 and DICE

TCG Trusted Attestation Protocol (TAP) Use Cases for TPM Families 1.2 and 2.0 and DICE.
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Trusted Network Communications (TNC)

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Nov 5, 2019

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TCG Trusted Attestation Protocol (TAP) Information Model for TPM Families 1.2 and 2.0 and DICE Family 1.0

This Information Model provides the information elements used by Verifiers. Not all of the information is required by every Verifier.
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Trusted Network Communications (TNC)

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Sep 4, 2019

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TCG Trusted Network Communications for Mobile Platforms

Mobile platforms face many of the same threats that target traditional workstations and laptops, and their software is subject to similar vulnerabilities that…
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Trusted Network Communications (TNC)

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Sep 26, 2018

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