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From: Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk at intel.com>
Subject: [tpm2] Re: tpm2_createprimary command
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:30:50 -0700
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On 10/11/19 11:56 AM, mohammed.aitbendaoud(a)gmail.com wrote:
> i am using tpm2-tools for testing my tpm.
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> Before starting the tests i am doing : tpm2_createprimary -H o -g sha256 =
-G ecc
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> why we need a hash to create a primary key ?

It is used to calculate the object's qualified name. See "27.2.3 nameAlg" in
https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/wp-content/uploads/TPM-Rev-2.0-Part-1-Arc=
hitecture-01.38.pdf

Thanks,
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Tadeusz
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