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by cryptonector 1139 days ago
> TPMs aren't very secure and as a discrete component their connection to the CPU can be intercepted (unlike fTPM or apple's integrated solutions)..

The problem here is that while it is possible for a BMC / BIOS to know a dTPM's EKpub and use it to establish encrypted (and authenticated) sessions to the dTPM, most BMCs/BIOSes don't. This is a limitation on the host side, not the TPM side. I get that in total the vulnerability exists, but it doesn't have to, and TPM has a perfectly good solution for it. Take it up with the OEMs!