Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 11:17:42 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Ilias Marinos <marinosi@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TPM Device Driver - FreeBSD Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0901031116280.84685@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20081201133333.GA6445@marinos.ceid.upatras.gr> References: <20081201133333.GA6445@marinos.ceid.upatras.gr>
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On Mon, 1 Dec 2008, Ilias Marinos wrote: > We are two undergraduate students studying computer engineering and > informatics at Patra's University, Greece. We are currently working on our > diploma thesis which is about developing a driver for the TPM (Trusted > Platform Module) for FreeBSD.We think that TPM can enhance security in > FreeBSD and could be a great addition to the TrustedBSD project. > > We are still in the begining of the project and since this is our first > effort in implementing a device driver we are trying to gather and read all > available documentation on the subject first. However, we were unable to > find a source of information related to how the BSD kernel and device > communication is implemented and we would greatly appreciate it if you could > point us one; either in form of a book or an article/tutorial. > > Last but not least, we'd like to make clear that we are oppossed to any > DRM-related use of this device, however we believe that the TPM can be used > in security or cryptographic applications. Hi Marinos, Mellos, I was wondering if you had managed to find the information you were looking for, and if you'd had any luck with putting together a TPM driver as yet? thanks, Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge > > Best Regards, > Marinos Ilias <marinosi@ceid.upatras.gr> > Mellos Seraphim <mellos@ceid.upatras.gr> > > > -- > echo "Sysadmin know better bash than english." | sed s/min/mins/ \ > | sed 's/better bash/bash better/' > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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