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TrustedGRUB in new version 1.1.3
	[13.11.2007] Sirrix AG publishes new release of the TCG-extended bootloader. The main improvements beneath some minor bugfixes are support for GCC-4 as well as Linux 2.6.23 (and above).

Knoppix for Trusted Computing with TPM Manager
	[08.11.2007] The latest release of the Linux distribution Knoppix now supports Trusted Computing with TPM (Trusted Platform Module). Therefore the new Knoppix 5.1.1 includes the latest release of Sirrix TPM Manager to provide complete GUI control over the TPM.

New Version of TPM Manager for Linux released
	[17.10.2007] TPM Manager Version 0.4 is published on SourceForge. The new version includes some bug fixes and a new feature.

Trusted-Computing may have prevented Chinese Trojan attack
	[01.09.2007] Even Government PCs aren't secure against Hacking Attacks. Striking headlines attracted attention in the media in the last days: German Government PCs hacked.German news magazine Der Spiegel claims that Chinese hackers had been able to infect German government computers with spyware by order of Chinese government.

TrustedGRUB supports Xen
	[02.07.2007] Sirrix AG publishes new release of the TCG-extended bootloader coming with Xen support and beautified output of measurements.

TU Dresden OS Group moves to Subversion
	[24.04.2007] The TU Dresden Operating Systems Group has decided to switch to the Subversion source control system.

Trusted Computing Forum Launched
	[11.01.2007] Ruhr-University Bochum and Sirrix AG have launched a free online forum to help both professionals and private users interested in Trusted Computing to find information and share expertise.

TPM Manager for Linux released
	[22.12.2006] Ruhr-University Bochum and Sirrix AG have developed an open source application providing an easy to use graphical user interface to manage and configure a Trusted Platform Module (TPM).

Trusted Computing / Turaya Roadshow in January in four German cities
	[14.12.2006] From 08.01. to 12.01.2007 the research and development project EMSCB goes on journey. On tour through the four German cities Munich, Duesseldorf, Hamburg and Berlin the innovative and safety platform Turaya is introduced to an interested audience.

Event: The World of Trusted Computing - Hightech in Europe
	[14.08.2006] From 19.-20. October 2006, the first conference "The World of Trusted Computing" is held at the German Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), Berlin.

Generating CppUnit skeletons automatically
	[13.08.2006] In the context of the PERSEUS security framework, we have developed a tool that automates the generation of CppUnit tests.

TPMs not TCG-compliant
	[13.04.2006] A TPM compliance test of Ruhr-University Bochum shows alerting results.

Losses from stolen passwords exceed damages from virus attacks
	[07.09.2006] A recent study by Trusted Strategies, L.L.C. surprisingly values the average cost to an individual company from a single virus attack to only $2400.

New Zealand government publishes principles and policies for TC and DRM
	[07.09.2006] A New Zealand governmental working group recently published principles and policies for Trusted Computing and Digital Rights Management.

EMSCB employs CppUnit
	[24.07.2006] In the development process of the security platform Turaya, we use the C++-Unit-Test Framework CppUnit for testing.

TrustedGRUB in new version 1.1.3
	[13.11.2007] Sirrix AG publishes new release of the TCG-extended bootloader. The main improvements beneath some minor bugfixes are support for GCC-4 as well as Linux 2.6.23 (and above).

Knoppix for Trusted Computing with TPM Manager
	[08.11.2007] The latest release of the Linux distribution Knoppix now supports Trusted Computing with TPM (Trusted Platform Module). Therefore the new Knoppix 5.1.1 includes the latest release of Sirrix TPM Manager to provide complete GUI control over the TPM.

New Version of TPM Manager for Linux released
	[17.10.2007] TPM Manager Version 0.4 is published on SourceForge. The new version includes some bug fixes and a new feature.

Trusted-Computing may have prevented Chinese Trojan attack
	[01.09.2007] Even Government PCs aren't secure against Hacking Attacks. Striking headlines attracted attention in the media in the last days: German Government PCs hacked.German news magazine Der Spiegel claims that Chinese hackers had been able to infect German government computers with spyware by order of Chinese government.

TrustedGRUB supports Xen
	[02.07.2007] Sirrix AG publishes new release of the TCG-extended bootloader coming with Xen support and beautified output of measurements.

TU Dresden OS Group moves to Subversion
	[24.04.2007] The TU Dresden Operating Systems Group has decided to switch to the Subversion source control system.

Trusted Computing Forum Launched
	[11.01.2007] Ruhr-University Bochum and Sirrix AG have launched a free online forum to help both professionals and private users interested in Trusted Computing to find information and share expertise.

TPM Manager for Linux released
	[22.12.2006] Ruhr-University Bochum and Sirrix AG have developed an open source application providing an easy to use graphical user interface to manage and configure a Trusted Platform Module (TPM).

Trusted Computing / Turaya Roadshow in January in four German cities
	[14.12.2006] From 08.01. to 12.01.2007 the research and development project EMSCB goes on journey. On tour through the four German cities Munich, Duesseldorf, Hamburg and Berlin the innovative and safety platform Turaya is introduced to an interested audience.

Event: The World of Trusted Computing - Hightech in Europe
	[14.08.2006] From 19.-20. October 2006, the first conference "The World of Trusted Computing" is held at the German Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), Berlin.

Generating CppUnit skeletons automatically
	[13.08.2006] In the context of the PERSEUS security framework, we have developed a tool that automates the generation of CppUnit tests.

TPMs not TCG-compliant
	[13.04.2006] A TPM compliance test of Ruhr-University Bochum shows alerting results.

Losses from stolen passwords exceed damages from virus attacks
	[07.09.2006] A recent study by Trusted Strategies, L.L.C. surprisingly values the average cost to an individual company from a single virus attack to only $2400.

New Zealand government publishes principles and policies for TC and DRM
	[07.09.2006] A New Zealand governmental working group recently published principles and policies for Trusted Computing and Digital Rights Management.

EMSCB employs CppUnit
	[24.07.2006] In the development process of the security platform Turaya, we use the C++-Unit-Test Framework CppUnit for testing.

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EMSCB in the Press

[heise online] Turaya: First Demo of the Open Trusted Computing Platform
[PC-Magazin] Turaya: Open Source Platform for Trusted Computing
[Security Manager] Open source code of the first security platform with Trusted Computing functionality has been published

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