Trusted Platform Module ordered I have questions.
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Topic: Trusted Platform Module ordered I have questions.
Posted By: Ernst0
Subject: Trusted Platform Module ordered I have questions.
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2018 at 9:49am
I ordered a 1.2 and not a 2.0
I thought better of a hardware digital rights thingie. I mean I just don't like the idea that it is possible for someone external to decide what I can run on my computer and the TPM 2.0 seems to provide that sort of control.
Now it should be obvious that I know just the basics so far. So I have watched videos and read what I can but the information in my ASRock 970 Performance PDF reference guide offers just a simple one liner about my hard drives and nothing more.
"Fatal1ty 970 Performance Series Trusted Computing Security Device Support Enable to activate Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security for your hard disk drives"
I would like to understand more. I am setting up a linux system and will be turning on the TPM.
So what does it do for the hard drives? This is a fresh build so I will start with blank drives and build up.
What else should I do?
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Posted By: Ernst0
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2019 at 9:59am
Okay I am rebuilding my Workstation, after a shakedown, and am slowly working through all the issues.
I asked what about the TPM her and it looks like those who might know are busy :) I just don't know yet.
I am about to reinstall Fedora and I will simply switch on the TPM option then select encryption.
I like the trusted boot idea, and that is a huge security issue but, I would like the whole system encryption too. I'll go with that. Not just encrypted but with a key not even I don't know. There is so much to understand that I wish I could go to College to take the class! LOL
I welcome any input. I will simply expect the magic to happen. I shall see. There is nothing so valuable to anyone else that I worry but to me it is valuable.
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Posted By: xhue
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2019 at 6:31pm
Without getting into the nitty-gritty details of the TPM, let's just say it's a hardware 'vault' for various keys and 'fingerprints'. It's basically a HW wallet where your system can store the keys and stuff for HDD encryption.
Please note that TPM 1.2 differs vastly in implementation than TPM2, as TPM is considered much more secure.
TPM & SecureBoot are interesting topics when it comes down to Linux. Often therr is a lot of manual tweaking involved to get is all working as it should.
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Posted By: Ernst0
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2019 at 11:45am
Thanks for the info!
I am seeing about this. It's much more work to secure boot I read. I mean I understand how this is a worthy bit of security especially if the computer is at risk of someone getting access to the hardware.
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