[ltp] tpm chip

Tino Keitel linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 3 Mar 2005 10:15:31 +0100


On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 17:46:11 +0100, Michael Gaber wrote:

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> 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.

I read somewhere that the hardware is so cheap and slow that using it
to accelerate e.g. an encrypted filesystem won't work.

Regards,
Tino