[ltp] tpm chip

[Michael Gaber]

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Ulrich Kuehn wrote:
| 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

sorry, after the reading of the linux-journals page i see my mistake.

but it should be possible to use it for encrypting a crypto-fs.

actually i'm having some problems inserting the tpm-module i downloaded
from the ibm-page

it shows a "device not found"-error
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