From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1V4IEq-0008KO-AR; Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:17:52 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.219.43 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.219.43; envelope-from=mh.in.england@gmail.com; helo=mail-oa0-f43.google.com; Received: from mail-oa0-f43.google.com ([209.85.219.43]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1V4IEo-0008TH-DP; Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:17:52 +0000 Received: by mail-oa0-f43.google.com with SMTP id i10so12445769oag.30 for ; Tue, 30 Jul 2013 15:17:45 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.56.232 with SMTP id d8mr4574001obq.96.1375222664991; Tue, 30 Jul 2013 15:17:44 -0700 (PDT) Sender: mh.in.england@gmail.com Received: by 10.76.23.36 with HTTP; Tue, 30 Jul 2013 15:17:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <7B0891A4-7163-43AE-85EC-8BA7ADC28A2A@grabhive.com> Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:17:44 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 0Ud0EAQEJVGGSqKWrFBix009Kbc Message-ID: From: Mike Hearn To: grarpamp Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c2c91c6f19c104e2c1fa5b X-Spam-Score: -0.5 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (mh.in.england[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1V4IEo-0008TH-DP Cc: Bitcoin Dev , bitcoin-list@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] [bitcoin-list] BitMail - p2p Email 0.1. beta X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:17:52 -0000 --001a11c2c91c6f19c104e2c1fa5b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 TPMs have come as standard with nearly all computers (except Macs, doh) for a long time. They certainly don't cost $100. More like a few dollars at most. That's why they're so slow. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:43 PM, grarpamp wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Mike Hearn wrote: > > The TPM is a piece of secure* hardware > > I've seen some motherboards with a TPM module header but none > came with it installed. I think the modules themselves might be > $50-$100 range. They might come with some API docs. > Some of you might have links to ones you've used... > > > As part of that role, the TPM provides some permanent storage in the form > > of NVRAM. Because the TPM is designed to be as cheap as possible, it has > a > > limited number of write cycles. Normally you're meant to store Intel TXT > > launch control policies and sealed keys there > > > the goal is to avoid wearing down the drive and extend its useful life. > > Normally it doesn't matter, but if you want to delete data such that it's > > really really gone, it obviously poses a problem. Using TPM NVRAM solves > > it, albiet, at a high usability cost. > > If said TPM storage has a 'limited [but unfixed number of write cycles', > that > sounds unreliable. It would seem to me that both reliable and 'really gone' > are achievable on platters (or lesser, with ssd) provided the disk was also > encrypted. Nuke that key and it's reliably gone. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get your SQL database under version control now! > Version control is standard for application code, but databases havent > caught up. So what steps can you take to put your SQL databases under > version control? Why should you start doing it? Read more to find out. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=49501711&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-list mailing list > bitcoin-list@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-list > --001a11c2c91c6f19c104e2c1fa5b Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
TPMs have come as standard with nearly all computers (exce= pt Macs, doh) for a long time. They certainly don't cost $100. More lik= e a few dollars at most. That's why they're so slow.


On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:43 PM, grarpa= mp <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Mike Hearn <mike@plan99.net> wrote:
> The TPM is a piece of secure* hardware

I've seen some motherboards with a TPM module header but none
came with it installed. I think the modules themselves might be
$50-$100 range. They might come with some API docs.
Some of you might have links to ones you've used...

> As part of that role, the TPM provides some permanent storage in the f= orm
> of NVRAM. Because the TPM is designed to be as cheap as possible, it h= as a
> limited number of write cycles. Normally you're meant to store Int= el TXT
> launch control policies and sealed keys there

> the goal is to avoid wearing down the drive an= d extend its useful life.
> Normally it doesn't matter, but if you want to delete data such th= at it's
> really really gone, it obviously poses a problem. Using TPM NVRAM solv= es
> it, albiet, at a high usability cost.

If said TPM storage has a 'limited [but unfixed number of write c= ycles', that
sounds unreliable. It would seem to me that both reliable and 'really g= one'
are achievable on platters (or lesser, with ssd) provided the disk was also=
encrypted. Nuke that key and it's reliably gone.

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