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BitLocker encryption broken in less than 43 seconds with sub-$10 Raspberry Pi Pico — key can be sniffed when using an external TPM (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 9 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just generate one anew. You don't need to use the same one each time

[–] xradeon@lemmy.one 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean by that? Generate a new private/public key pair every time you setup a new TPM? Or when you boot the system or something?

[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

On each connection. Or boot. Whenever you need

Edit: to be clear, this would still be vulnerable to mitm attacks without a user entered password on top but at least you can't just read the secrets from the bus. E2: And having a password wouldn't be fully secure without such a scheme neither