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    SubjectRe: [tpmdd-devel] [TrouSerS-tech] [Ksummit-discuss] TPM MiniSummit @ LinuxCon Europe
    On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 01:54:41PM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:

    > Why add the complexity of swapping of authenticated sessions and keys
    > into the kernel if you can handle this in userspace? You need a library
    > that is aware of the number of key slots and slots for sessions in the
    > TPM and swaps them in at out when applications need them. Trousers is
    > such a library that was designed to cope with the limitations of the
    > device and make its functionality available to all applications that
    > want to access it.

    How does trousers work with the kernel when the kernel is also using
    TPM key slots for IMA/keyring/whatever?

    Jason


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