From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 3 11:17:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82B2D106566B for ; Sat, 3 Jan 2009 11:17:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B6438FC08 for ; Sat, 3 Jan 2009 11:17:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [65.122.17.41]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0281D46B1A; Sat, 3 Jan 2009 06:17:43 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 11:17:42 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Ilias Marinos In-Reply-To: <20081201133333.GA6445@marinos.ceid.upatras.gr> Message-ID: References: <20081201133333.GA6445@marinos.ceid.upatras.gr> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TPM Device Driver - FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:17:43 -0000 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 > Mellos Seraphim > > > -- > 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" >