Re: TPM: best to have it "hidden" or "available"?

To: Henry <nbsd4ever%gmail.com@localhost>
Subject: Re: TPM: best to have it "hidden" or "available"?
From: "Jonathan A. Kollasch" <jakllsch%kollasch.net@localhost>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 09:15:15 -0500

On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 04:08:55PM +0900, Henry wrote:
> In BIOS security settings, TPM on the HP Pavilion laptop I am working
> on is "hidden."  I notice there is a NetBSD tpm driver, so I am
> wondering if it is safer security wise to have TPM available to the
> OS, or to leave it hidden.
> 
> TIA
> 

If you don't have any other random number generator hardware, enabling
the TPM certainly advantageous as it'll get you a hardware RNG.

References:
- TPM: best to have it "hidden" or "available"?
  - From: Henry

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