linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tpm: add support for partial reads

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <421c4b75-9e9d-7045-adad-797fd112898a@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 19 Jul 2018 10:54:03 -0700
From:   Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>
To:     James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com
Cc:     jgg@...pe.ca, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm: add support for partial reads

On 07/19/2018 10:19 AM, James Bottomley wrote:
> That's just an implementation, though, what's the use case?

Hi James,
The use case is described in the TCTI spec [1] in the
"3.2.5.2 receive" section.

Thanks,
-- 
Tadeusz

[1] https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/wp-content/uploads/TSS_TCTI_v1.0_r12_PUBLIC_REVIEW.pdf