Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:24:29 +0000 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Ilias Marinos <marinosi@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TPM Device Driver - FreeBSD Message-ID: <1228141469.4196.20.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20081201133333.GA6445@marinos.ceid.upatras.gr> References: <20081201133333.GA6445@marinos.ceid.upatras.gr>
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On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 15:33 +0200, Ilias Marinos wrote: > Hello list, > > 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. > > Thanks in advance for your time. > > 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/' This book[1] is very good, well worth a read. Not totally upto date, but reasonabley so. Cheers Tom [1] http://www.amazon.com/Design-Implementation-FreeBSD-Operating-System/dp/0201702452
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