Acer 6410 Series, 6460 Series manual Acer Trusted Platform Module TPM, User roles

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Acer Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

With the development of TCG (Trusted Computing Group, http:// www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/) the Acer Trusted Platform Module offers the cryptographic implementations of RSA and hash algorithms (SHA-1 and MD-5) for highest possible performance, as well as a true random number generator (TRNG).

The Acer Security Platform Solution Software is a comprehensive set of tools that takes advantage of the Trusted Platform Module embedded in your system. This solution provides services to easily create digital certificates using the Trusted Platform Module and to manage these certificates.

You can use the certificates to:

•Send and receive secure e-mail from e-mail clients like Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Outlook or Netscape Messenger

•Set up browser (e.g. Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) and web server (e.g. Microsoft Internet Information Server) for Client Authentication

•Sign Microsoft Word macros.

•Encrypt files and folders

•Secure network connections

User roles

Security Platform Solution involves several user roles:

All Security Platform user roles are based on Windows user accounts (local or domain users). These user accounts have been authenticated by Windows logon.

Each user role has an intended purpose.

When the Security Platform is configured, members of different user roles are initialized.

Acting a specific user role requires a specific authentication (e.g. providing a specific password).

A person can act multiple user roles. The following table lists all user roles.

User Roles:

User Role	Based on...	Purpose &	Initialization	Authentication
		Tasks
Security Platform	Windows user	Perform critical	Security Platform	Owner Password
Owner	account (local or	administrative	Initialization
	domain),	tasks, e.g.	enables a Windows
	member of the	restoration of	user to act as a
	Administrators	Security	Security Platform
	group	Platform.	Owner.

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