Is vTPM the right name for the new functionality?

Is vTPM the right name for the new functionality?

[Jarkko Sakkinen]

Hi Stefan,

This is something I would like discuss and get other points of views.

The thing that I would like to rise is the name of this new subsystem.
The keyword 'vTPM' is already heavily referenced in contexts for more
"full stack" solution of virtualization [1].

If I look at this new functionality it is essentially a proxy and not
much else, isn't it? You can apply for Linux containers but alone it is
proxy tool. With the current name it is too easy to confuse it with
existing solutions.

Maybe we should call it Proxy TPM instead (I'm open for other name
suggestions)?

[1] http://domino.research.ibm.com/library/cyberdig.nsf/1e4115aea78b6e7c85256b360066f0d4/a0163fff5b1a61fe85257178004eee39?OpenDocument

/Jarkko

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Re: Is vTPM the right name for the new functionality?

[Stefan Berger]

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Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org> wrote on 03/11/2016 
05:43:04 AM:

> 
> Hi Stefan,
> 
> This is something I would like discuss and get other points of views.
> 
> The thing that I would like to rise is the name of this new subsystem.
> The keyword 'vTPM' is already heavily referenced in contexts for more
> "full stack" solution of virtualization [1].
> 
> If I look at this new functionality it is essentially a proxy and not
> much else, isn't it? You can apply for Linux containers but alone it is
> proxy tool. With the current name it is too easy to confuse it with
> existing solutions.

Fine by me. I can rename it to tpm_proxy.c and reference to it as the 
virtual TPM proxy driver or TPM emulator proxy driver, which I think 
describes it well. It's not a 'Proxy TPM'.
The title of the cover letter for the patches would then be

Multi-instance vTPM proxy driver

  Stefan

> 
> Maybe we should call it Proxy TPM instead (I'm open for other name
> suggestions)?
> 
> [1] http://domino.research.ibm.com/library/cyberdig.nsf/
> 
1e4115aea78b6e7c85256b360066f0d4/a0163fff5b1a61fe85257178004eee39?OpenDocument
> 
> /Jarkko
> 



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Re: Is vTPM the right name for the new functionality?

[Jarkko Sakkinen]

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 10:26:26AM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
>    Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org> wrote on 03/11/2016
>    05:43:04 AM:
> 
>    >
>    > Hi Stefan,
>    >
>    > This is something I would like discuss and get other points of views.
>    >
>    > The thing that I would like to rise is the name of this new subsystem.
>    > The keyword 'vTPM' is already heavily referenced in contexts for more
>    > "full stack" solution of virtualization [1].
>    >
>    > If I look at this new functionality it is essentially a proxy and not
>    > much else, isn't it? You can apply for Linux containers but alone it is
>    > proxy tool. With the current name it is too easy to confuse it with
>    > existing solutions.
> 
>    Fine by me. I can rename it to tpm_proxy.c and reference to it as the
>    virtual TPM proxy driver or TPM emulator proxy driver, which I think
>    describes it well. It's not a 'Proxy TPM'.
>    The title of the cover letter for the patches would then be
> 
>    Multi-instance vTPM proxy driver

Sounds fair. And I enjoyed reading that research paper :)

>      Stefan

/Jarkko

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