On Jun 28, 2021, at 2:20 PM, Tim Cappalli <[email protected]> wrote:
> The industry is moving away from any hardware identifier being sent off 
> device. I don’t think the physical MAC should ever be used as a device 
> identifier, even for channel binding.

  It's globally unique, which is a pretty useful identifier.

> If a strong hardware-bound identifier is required, the organization should 
> use the TPM/SE for private key generation during provisioning/onboarding.

  From my reading of TCG / TPM / etc. stuff, the private key describes a 
*particular* device.  Not a *known* device.  i.e. the key is tied to a device, 
so it's a unique token. But it's not an *identifying* token, in that the 
administrator can tell which device is being provisioned.

  There still needs to be a way for the administrator to know which device is 
being used.  Identifying a particular device is done via physical examination 
in a secure network, or via some unique hardware identifier.  I might be 
missing something from the whole TPM infrastructure, tho.

  Alan DeKok.

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