I brought this up exactly because your request implied you are sensitive to price. There are access points with a TPM, but at much higher price points. In fact, Chrome OS devices may well be the cheapest solution if you absolutely need a TPM. (I'd like to know myself if there are cheaper solutions for low volume---surely folks on this list would know.)
Another thing to consider is the instability of solutions such as OpenWRT on inexpensive routers. I run OpenWRT at home on three ASUS routers, but it hangs every few weeks, which may be acceptable to you or not, and has plenty of other bugs. The level of quality control and bug fixes you get from a commercial OS is hugely different from a hobbyist's OS. Whether this matters to you depends on the application. (I work on Chrome OS and we instrument the systems to report system crash information to Google (for the people who opt-in), and we use a hang/lockup detector in the kernel, and then we fix the bugs and upstream the fixes---there is no way a volunteer-based project can devote to this even a fraction of our resources, and I don't mean to boast, it's just the way it is.) On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Mattes, David <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Luigi, > > > > Thanks for the note. However, I don’t think the ChromeBook or ChromeBox are > very well suited for a network appliance, and perhaps my question wasn’t > quite clear on that distinction. I’m thinking more of a network appliance: > no display, limited peripheral ports, serial console, plus potentially much > lower cost. Something along the lines of the Ubiquiti RouterStation Pro > (though that is EOL). > > > > Nonetheless, your information is quite interesting! > > > > Take care, > > David > > > > From: Luigi Semenzato [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:14 AM > To: Mattes, David > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TrouSerS-users] TPM on small form factor computers? > > > > Chromebooks have a TPM, and by changing the position of the developer mode > switch, you may install any OS on them, or modify the existing OS (which is a > version of Linux, see www.chromium.org). > > > > In addition, Samsung has announced this, but it's not for sale yet. > > > > http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/samsung-refreshing-the-series-5-chromebook-prepares-the-chromeb/ > > > > As a Google employee, I cannot confirm or deny that anything the article says > is true. Similarly, by posting the article I am not suggesting that you > should infer that chromeboxes will have a TPM. You are on your own for that. > > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Mattes, David <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I’m wondering if anyone has come across a small form factor computer with a > TPM? The kind of platform I’m thinking of would be suited for a small > network appliance, like a Linksys home router. > > > > The only platforms I’m aware of with TPM are laptops. Is there anything else > out there? > > > > Thanks, > > David > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > TrouSerS-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trousers-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ TrouSerS-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trousers-users
