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I'm not even sure why OS exposes TPM directly to applications instead of having a virtual store for credentials that could be backed by whatever. UPD. nvm, tha
by lostmsu 2mo ago
I'm not even sure why OS exposes TPM directly to applications instead of having a virtual store for credentials that could be backed by whatever.
UPD. nvm, that's not what's happening
- amluto 2mo ago> having a virtual store for credentials that could be backed by whatever. An OS can do this. But it’s extremely awkward for an OS to do so in a way that is itself TPM-backed without kludging something disgusting on top of the TPM2 formats using OS-managed state, severely restricted functionality, and probably losing compatibility with the broader TPM ecosystem. It didn’t have to be this way. The TPM authorization format could have had a field like “OS-managed identity” that the OS’s TPM stack would validate. And maybe even cool features like a standardized way for the OS to measure an application and for the application to use those measurements in its authorization. But none of this exists.