On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Mick wrote:
> On Sunday 30 Nov 2014 19:05:52 thegeezer wrote:
>> *if* you trust it is not backdoored
>
> Well, yes, in the post Snowden era I do not trust it. At all.
>
Keep in mind that you have to consider your threat model. I think it
is fairly likely that th
On Sunday 30 Nov 2014 19:05:52 thegeezer wrote:
> *if* you trust it is not backdoored
Well, yes, in the post Snowden era I do not trust it. At all.
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Mick
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On 29/11/14 19:53, Mick wrote:
> I'm looking to buy a new PC and while looking at FM2+ MoBos I saw ASUS offers
> one with a TPM feature. It also sells it as a separate component it seems:
>
> http://us.estore.asus.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=5793
>
> I recall reading in this list about it,
On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 4:41 AM, Mick wrote:
>
> OK, but as I understand it although I can set up a passhphrase for the private
> key stored by the current oligopoly of manufacturers in a TPM, I can't extract
> it from the TPM. Would this mean that I will have no means of decrypting my
> drive, if
On Sunday 30 Nov 2014 03:21:16 Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Mick wrote:
Thanks Rich,
> > Also, what happens if the TPM chip, or the whole MoBo blows up? Will I
> > ever be able to access my data using another PC?
>
> Only if you encrypted it. A TPM chip doesn't do m
On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Mick wrote:
>
> Thanks Rich, it seems not all modern MoBos have it. This doesn't:
>
Interesting, I had really thought they were ubiquitous.
>
> If I enable this TPM thing, do I automatically open ports at pre/post-boot
> time giving access to my machine? Or is
On Saturday 29 Nov 2014 20:23:51 Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Mick wrote:
> > I'm looking to buy a new PC and while looking at FM2+ MoBos I saw ASUS
> > offers
>
> > one with a TPM feature. It also sells it as a separate component it
seems:
> I can't get that page to l
On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Mick wrote:
> I'm looking to buy a new PC and while looking at FM2+ MoBos I saw ASUS offers
> one with a TPM feature. It also sells it as a separate component it seems:
I can't get that page to load, but I can't imagine that you could find
a motherboard that DIDN
I'm looking to buy a new PC and while looking at FM2+ MoBos I saw ASUS offers
one with a TPM feature. It also sells it as a separate component it seems:
http://us.estore.asus.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=5793
I recall reading in this list about it, but I am not sure if it offers any
benef
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