On Di, 19.07.22 16:15, Gerd Hoffmann (kra...@redhat.com) wrote:

> > Moreover, this allows us to implemented TPM policies that bind to
> > signatures of PCR hashes, instead of the literal hash values. That
> > makes the measurements a *million* times more useful, since we loose
> > the brittleness on updates: if the expected PCR values can be
> > pre-calculated by the vendor, and then be signed, then an update won't
> > invalidate the policies anymore.
>
> Another case which requires creating initrds at build time.

Yupp.

Zbigniew and I are working on making pre-built initrds for general
purpose distros a reality, i.e. finding a way between keeping things
reasonably modular but also pre-generated, immutable, pre-measurable,
and thus have a tight trust chain at boot. We'll do two talks about
that at Linux Plumbers Conference later this year.

Lennart

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Lennart Poettering, Berlin
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