Glossary of Data Communications Terms

Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.

Term: trusted path
Definition: the way in which a person at a terminal can communicate directly with the trusted computing base. Only the person or the trusted computing base can activate this mechanism; it cannot be imitated by untrusted software.

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