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What discrete and firmware TPMs are, how they keep keys, record the boot in PCRs, and prove a machine's state to a remote verifier through credential activation and quotes.
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Reverse engineering writeups tagged TPM 2.0.
Berkan YILDIZ Security researcher & low-level engineer.
2026
33 min read
What discrete and firmware TPMs are, how they keep keys, record the boot in PCRs, and prove a machine's state to a remote verifier through credential activation and quotes.
43 min read
Tracing EDK II's TPM 2.0 initialization, PCR usage, measured byte streams, crypto-agile event logs, replay and the firmware-to-OS handoff.
34 min read
Tracing TPM key release, PCRs, PIN hashing, EFI update servicing and anti-rollback checks—and assessing the security boundaries of Windows' BitLocker boot chain.