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4646
4747## Background
4848
49- TBD
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51- ### Goals
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53- TBD
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55- ### Use cases
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57- TBD
49+ Today's Platform Root of Trust (PRoT) solutions are often specifically designed
50+ for their target platform, relying on custom interfaces or protocols. This leads
51+ to slower time-to-market due to the integration effort required. Customers can
52+ become locked into a single solution, making it costly and time-consuming to
53+ change suppliers, which in turn introduces supply chain risks.
54+
55+ The Open Platform Root-of-Trust (OpenPRoT) stack is an open and extensible
56+ standards-compliant root-of-trust firmware stack for use in root-of-trust
57+ elements. The project was initiated to create an OCP specification for a
58+ Platform Root of Trust software stack, along with an open-source implementation
59+ of that specification. The OpenPRoT stack provides base root-of-trust services
60+ in an open architecture that allows hardware vendors to provide both standard
61+ and value-added services.
62+
63+ ## Goals
64+
65+ The vision of the OpenPRoT project is to enable implementation consistency,
66+ transparency, openness, reusability, and interoperability. The primary goals of
67+ the project are to:
68+
69+ * ** Create an OCP specification** for a Platform Root of Trust (PRoT) firmware
70+ stack.
71+ * ** Create an open-source implementation** of the specification.
72+ * ** Target new and existing PRoT hardware implementations** , with a preference
73+ for Open Silicon.
74+ * ** Enable optionality** for integrators through stable interfaces while
75+ maintaining a high security bar.
76+ * ** Standardize PRoT hardware interfaces** , such as an add-in card connector
77+ on the DC-SCM board.
78+ * ** Promote reusability** through collaboration with standards bodies and
79+ hardware RoT projects to create robust, modular firmware.
5880
5981## Industry standards and specifications
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