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by oyashirochama 1297 days ago
Zero trust is fun, it's fine if the computers were all from the last decade and not circa. 2011-2013 HP mini's with HDD rather than SSDs or M.2 in the newest revisions of allowed devices on our networks.
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Why would the hardware matter? Zero trust has zero (ha!) to do with hardware.
Don't zero trust architectures often require secure boot as well as a functioning TPM-like secure enclave to do attestation on the client device before allowing the user to logon to some resource?
I would say thats a bonus. Zero trust should be based on strong identity (e.g., x509) and authentication/authorisation-before-connect, ideally that identity would come from HWRoT/TPM. Unfortunately, many vendors say they are zero trust while only implementing some aspects/principles. I wrote a blog on this topic earlier in the year - https://netfoundry.io/demystifying-the-magic-of-zero-trust-w...