[ltp] tpm chip

[Ulrich Kuehn]

On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 17:46 +0100, Michael Gaber wrote:
> 
> 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?

Hi Michael,

No, there is no AES in it. Instead, it implements the version 1.1b of
the Trusted Computing Group's spec, see www.trustedcomputinggroup.org.

Actually, the functions are quite complicated, so I am not going into
details here...

Ulrich