From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MeAoM-0000VK-1H for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:48:26 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MeAoK-0000TL-FC for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:48:24 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MeAoG-0000RV-3c for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:48:24 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39701 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MeAoF-0000RS-S4 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:48:19 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:45462 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MeAoF-0006Yu-A2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:48:19 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MeAoC-0002w1-Pn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:48:17 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MeAoC-00014N-7S for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:48:16 +0200 Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:48:16 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090820164816.GC2856@thorin> References: <4A8BDB5B.5000407@labri.fr> <200908200941.55245.michael@gorven.za.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200908200941.55245.michael@gorven.za.net> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: TPM support status ? X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:48:24 -0000 On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 09:41:54AM +0200, Michael Gorven wrote: > On Wednesday 19 August 2009 21:21:28 Michal Suchanek wrote: > > Tell me one technical benefit of TPM over coreboot. > > Coreboot doesn't provide protected storage of secrets (e.g. harddrive > decryption keys). Note that coreboot itself is not a complete firmware, it's a framework that can be combined with other components, like GRUB, to produce a bootloader-class firmware. With your help, coreboot+GRUB may well support encrypted hard drives. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."