[ltp] tpm chip

[Michael Gaber]

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Alejandro Bonilla wrote:
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| Gijs Hillenius wrote:
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|> Hi,
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|> Anyone care to share some 'activate and user' experiences with the tpm
|> chip on the thinkpads? I am reading the linux journal article by Jeff
|> Kravitz and Leendert van Doorn ('Take control of tcpa', 07 2003). I am
|> curious to see what use I could make of this chip and the code these
|> two supply.
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|> Regards
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|> Gijs
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| I haven't read much, I can tell you it really works if you have
| sensitive data you want to Encrypt. Else you probably won't need it.
| Normally what it does in Windows is your right click the file and
| encrypt it. As easy as that. I bet in Linux is going to be the same
| thing but with a simple command...
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| I don't use it cause I don't have a private enough document like for me
| to take the time and encrypt it.


as far as i know this chip implements a AES-256 encryption.
it would be nice to use this chip for encrypting the whole hard-drive on
the fly, cause it would really decrease cpu-time needed for a crypto-fs
and also should be faster.

is there a way to use this chip for that matter?
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