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       tcsd - daemon that manages Trusted Computing resources


       tcsd [-f] [-e] [-c <configfile> ] [-h]


       Trousers is an open-source TCG Software Stack (TSS), released under the BSD License.
       Trousers aims to be compliant with the current (1.1b) and upcoming (1.2) TSS
       specifications available from the Trusted Computing Group website:

       tcsd is a user space daemon that should be (according to the TSS spec) the only portal to
       the TPM device driver. At boot time, tcsd should be started, it should open the TPM device
       driver and from that point on, all requests to the TPM should go through the TSS stack.
       The tcsd manages TPM resources and handles requests from TSP's both local and remote.

       -f, --foreground
              run the daemon in the foreground

       -e     attempt to connect to software TPMs over TCP

       -c, --config <configfile>
              use the provided configuration file rather than the default configuration file

       -h, --help
              display help message


       There are two types of access control for the tcsd, access to the daemon's socket itself
       and access to specific commands internal to the tcsd. Access to the tcsd's port should be
       controlled by the system administrator using firewall rules.  If using iptables, the
       following rule will allow a specific host access to the tcsd:

       # iptables -A INPUT -s $IP_ADDRESS -p tcp --destination-port 30003 -j ACCEPT

       Access to individual commands internal to the tcsd is configured by the tcsd configuration
       file's "remote_ops" directive. Each function call in the TCS API is reachable by a unique
       ordinal.  Each labeled "remote op" actually defines a set of ordinals (usually more than
       one) necessary to accomplish the operation. So, for example, the "random" operation
       enables the ordinals for opening and closing a context, calling TCS_StirRandom and
       TCS_GetRandom, as well as TCS_FreeMemory. By default, connections from localhost will
       allow any ordinals.


       TSS applications have access to 2 different kinds of 'persistent' storage. 'User'
       persistent storage has the lifetime of that of the application using it and therefore is
       destroyed when an application exits.  User PS is controlled by the TSP of the application.
       'System' persistent storage is controlled by the TCS and stays valid across application
       lifetimes, tcsd restarts and system resets. Data registered in system PS stays valid until
       an application requests that it be removed. User PS files are by default stored as
       /var/tpm/user.{pid} and the system PS file by default is /var/tpm/  The system
       PS file is initially created when ownership of the TPM is first taken.


       tcsd configuration is stored by default in /etc/tcsd.conf


       If TrouSerS has been compiled with debugging enabled, the debugging output can be
       supressed by setting the TSS_DEBUG_OFF environment variable.


       tcsd is compatible with the IBM Research TPM device driver available from and the TPM device driver available from, which is also available in the upstream Linux kernel and
       many Linux distros.


       tcsd conforms to the Trusted Computing Group Software Specification version 1.1 Golden




       Kent Yoder


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