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alexchamberlain
on March 3, 2012
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Why is nobody using SSL Client Certificates?
You have a point. I would like to see crypto chips on motherboards/in the CPU that can generate a key, export a public cert and then be asked to sign things. Then this vulnerability disappears.
mkup
on March 3, 2012
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There are TPMs exactly for this. Not very popular, though.
alexchamberlain
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These sound awesome. Wikipedia says many laptops have them. Is this true? If so, how can I detect one on Linux?
mkup
on March 3, 2012
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There are tpm kernel modules and tpm-tools package (in Debian, for example). Also sometimes device must be turned on in BIOS Setup.
tehmeh
on March 3, 2012
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And all of the recent Mac laptops have them. You need a special driver -- look here for a good writeup:
http://osxbook.com/book/bonus/chapter10/tpm/
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