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From: Ken Goldman <kgoldman-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: tpmdd-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: RFC: "Hardened" trusted keys
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 09:31:29 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <nr8v3d$md8$1@blaine.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160829190547.GA18827-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

On 8/29/2016 3:05 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> After LSS2016 I got this idea of having hardened trusted keys for TPM2
> where the key material is never exposed to kernel. Child keys of a
> hardened trusted key would be unsealed using TPM2_EncryptDecrypt
> operation.

Beware that the TPM2_EncryptDecrypt command is optional.  I know of at 
least one TPM vendor that does not implement the command due to export 
restrictions.

Why not seal to a parent symmetric key and use TPM2_Unseal?  Unseal is 
just a restricted decryption operation.




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Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-08-29 19:05 RFC: "Hardened" trusted keys Jarkko Sakkinen
     [not found] ` <20160829190547.GA18827-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-09-13 13:31   ` Ken Goldman [this message]

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