HP-UX Trusted Computing Services A.02.00 Administrator's Guide

TCG Trusted Computing Group. An industry standards group that defines open standards for
hardware-enabled trusted computing using a TPM. It also defines the related TSS APIs.
TCS application
key
A key generated and used by a TCS utility (tpmcreate, tpmencrypt, tpmdecrypt), or by
an application modified to use TCS, such as EVFS. TCS application keys are protected by the
RK.
TCS RSA key pair An asymmetric RSA key pair protected by the TPM. TCS RSA key pairs are generated by the
tpmcreate utility.
TPM Trusted Platform Module. A specialized security chip that stores passwords and performs
cryptographic operations.
TPM OpenSSL
engine
A binary executable that enables OpenSSL applications to use private keys secured by the TPM.
This executable is dynamically loadable using the OpenSSL engine mechanism.
TSPI Transport Service Provider Interface. The Trusted Computing Group TSPI APIs.
TSS Trusted Computing Group Software Stack. Software stack based on the open source TrouSerS
product. More information on TSS is available at http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org.
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