id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component resolution keywords cc fix_version see_also 1001 Use Intel TXT for remote validation of clusters geofft The Dell 790s (at least) have Intel processors that support [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Execution_Technology TXT], which can use some combination of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module TPM] and virtualization / IOMMU support to do remote attestation. That way we can verify that the bootloader, the kernel, the [ticket:410 public workstation verification script], and anything it depends on have not been tampered with, and thereby trust the results of the verification script. enhancement new low The Distant Future --