Bug 431631

Summary: RHEL5.2 Release Notes: TrouSerS and tpm-tools
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Don Domingo <ddomingo>
Component: redhat-release-notesAssignee: Ryan Lerch <rlerch>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Joshua Wulf <jwulf>
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: 5.2CC: ddomingo, lcarlon, tburke
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Documentation
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OS: Linux   
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(all architectures) TrouSerS and tpm-tools are included in this release to enable use of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) hardware.TPM hardware features include (among others): * Creation, storage, and use of RSA keys securely (without being exposed in memory) * Verification of a platform's software state using cryptographic hashes TrouSerS is an implementation of the Trusted Computing Group's Software Stack (TSS) specification. You can use TrouSerS to write applications that make use of TPM hardware. tpm-tools is a suite of tools used to manage and utilize TPM hardware. For more information about TrouSerS, refer to http://trousers.sourceforge.net/.
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Bug Blocks: 391221, 454962    

Description Don Domingo 2008-02-06 01:17:08 UTC
Hi Tim, adding the following to the RHEL5.2 release notes under "Technology
Preview":

<quote>
TrouSerS and tpm-tools

    TrouSerS and tpm-tools are included in this release to enable use of Trusted
Platform Module (TPM) hardware.TPM hardware features include (among others):

        * Creation, storage, and use of RSA keys securely (without being exposed
in memory)
        * Verification of a platform's software state using cryptographic hashes

    TrouSerS is an implementation of the Trusted Computing Group's Software
Stack (TSS) specification. You can use TrouSerS to write applications that make
use of TPM hardware. tpm-tools is a suite of tools used to manage and utilize
TPM hardware.

    For more information about TrouSerS, refer to http://trousers.sourceforge.net/.
</quote>

please advise if any further revisions are required. thanks!

Comment 1 Don Domingo 2008-04-02 02:17:20 UTC
Hi,
the RHEL5.2 release notes will be dropped to translation on April 15, 2008, at
which point no further additions or revisions will be entertained.

a mockup of the RHEL5.2 release notes can be viewed at the following link:
http://intranet.corp.redhat.com/ic/intranet/RHEL5u2relnotesmockup.html

please use the aforementioned link to verify if your bugzilla is already in the
release notes (if it needs to be). each item in the release notes contains a
link to its original bug; as such, you can search through the release notes by
bug number.

Cheers,
Don

Comment 2 Ryan Lerch 2008-08-07 04:50:59 UTC
Tracking this bug for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Release Notes. 

This Release Note is currently located in the Technology Previews section.

Comment 3 Ryan Lerch 2008-08-07 04:50:59 UTC
Release note added. If any revisions are required, please set the 
"requires_release_notes" flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly.
All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.