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Hi Chris,

> On 06/22/2016 02:10 PM, Rusty Bird wrote:

>> Hi Marcin,
>> 
>>> How would Anti Evil Maid detect BIOS/hardware modifications
>>> without sealing to PCR 0-3? By default it seals only to PCR
>>> 13,17,18,19.
>> PCRs 17-19 come from tboot, which uses Intel TXT to protect BIOS
>> etc.

> Based on what I've seen from BIOS updates not triggering AEM, I
> think this is a valid concern. It should at least be explained.

I'm out of my depth here -- maybe Joanna can provide an authoritative
response? -- but AFAIK a more correct phrasing would have been that
TXT is supposed to protect *from* the BIOS, i.e. to sanitize the early
boot state so as to remove the BIOS from the TCB. Which ITL have shown
it fails to really do; a malicous BIOS can circumvent AEM no matter if
the old approach (TrustedGRUB) or the new approach (TXT) is used. But
this might explain why a legit BIOS update does not necessarily change
the PCR measurements?

Rusty
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