Hi Tedi,
I just read the following article : http://www.physorg.com/print177931452.html
The article mention that openSUSE 11.2 is offering full TC (Trusted Computing) support.
I would like to know where can I find more documentation about this in openSUSE.
Thank you
theoretically, all of the packages that the opentc project has been working on are available at http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/security:/OpenTC/openSUSE_11.1/ . If you have a build service account, go to http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/security:/OpenTC/openSUSE_11.1/ . That's quite a number of packages. Most of what the OpenTC project did has to do with the creation of images that were booted in a Xen or L4 hypervisor to do some job. For these images, the packages from the repository were used. All of the basic trusted computing packages are contained in 11.2, most notably the trousers package and trustedgrub. And you shouldn't need to go to the security:/OpenTC/ repo. (Besides, 11.2 is not turned on. I have just added it, but some packages may not build there.) More about opentc can be found at www.opentc.net, specifically the docs about the Proof of Concept prototypes (PET == Private Electronic Transactions; CC@H == Corporate Computing at Home; TDC == Trusted Data Center). Be aware that Trusted Computing technology doesn't really do very much actively. The system that is booting is being measured (eg a hash is created and stored in the TPM's PCRs (Platform Configuration Register) for consumption at a point in time later. You'll find hashes from bios, boot loader (trustedgrub) and grub-bootables in /sys/devices/*/*/pcrs if the kernel module/driver for the tpm on your system has loaded. but apart from sealing functions the TPM doesn't do anything unless you ask it to. Yet, the derived functionality can be very meaningful - and powerful. The packages that are available from the build service are ready for enterprise use; keep in mind that this is exactly the usage scenario that Trusted Computing Technology was designed for right from the start. Thanks, Roman. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security+help@opensuse.org