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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/vtpm_manager/README b/tools/vtpm_manager/README index 4c93d5a883..d01abf7e4b 100644 --- a/tools/vtpm_manager/README +++ b/tools/vtpm_manager/README @@ -51,14 +51,24 @@ VTPM_MULTI_VM -> Defined: VTPMs run in their own VMs DUMMY_BACKEND -> vtpm_manager listens on /tmp/in.fifo and /tmp/out.fifo rather than backend -MANUAL_DM_LAUNCH -> User must manually launch & kill VTPMs +MANUAL_DM_LAUNCH -> Must manually launch & kill VTPMs -USE_FIXED_SRK_AUTH -> Do not randomly generate a random SRK & Owner auth +WELL_KNOWN_SRK_AUTH -> Rather than randomly generating the password for the SRK, + use a well known value. This is necessary for sharing use + of the SRK across applications. Such as VTPM and Dom0 + measurement software. + +WELL_KNOWN_OWNER_AUTH -> Rather than randomly generating the password for the owner, + use a well known value. This is useful for debugging and for + poor bios which do not support clearing TPM if OwnerAuth is + lost. However this has no protection from malicious app + issuing a TPM_OwnerClear to wipe the TPM Requirements ============ - xen-unstable -- IBM frontend/backend vtpm driver patch +- vtpm frontend/backend driver patch +- OpenSSL Library Single-VM Flow ============================ |