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AMD fTPM - What does this firmware option do?
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I have ASRock X370 Professional Gaming (AM4) motherbord with Ryzen 7 CPU.
It has network firmware upgrade option, but I had to disable fTPM to enable network flash option.
What exactly is fTPM option? What enabling it does? I've read it's related to Bitlocker, but I have a Bitlocker disk, it works the same with this option disabled or enabled.
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I have ASRock X370 Professional Gaming (AM4) motherbord with Ryzen 7 CPU.
It has network firmware upgrade option, but I had to disable fTPM to enable network flash option.
What exactly is fTPM option? What enabling it does? I've read it's related to Bitlocker, but I have a Bitlocker disk, it works the same with this option disabled or enabled.
cpu motherboard desktop-computer firmware amd-ryzen
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I have ASRock X370 Professional Gaming (AM4) motherbord with Ryzen 7 CPU.
It has network firmware upgrade option, but I had to disable fTPM to enable network flash option.
What exactly is fTPM option? What enabling it does? I've read it's related to Bitlocker, but I have a Bitlocker disk, it works the same with this option disabled or enabled.
cpu motherboard desktop-computer firmware amd-ryzen
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I have ASRock X370 Professional Gaming (AM4) motherbord with Ryzen 7 CPU.
It has network firmware upgrade option, but I had to disable fTPM to enable network flash option.
What exactly is fTPM option? What enabling it does? I've read it's related to Bitlocker, but I have a Bitlocker disk, it works the same with this option disabled or enabled.
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"fTPM" is a type of TPM that's implemented in system firmware instead of using a dedicated chip.
The TPM is a tamper-resistant "secure element" used to hold cryptographic keys (including smartcard certificates and BitLocker credentials). BitLocker mainly uses it for the system disk, since the TPM can provide passwordless unlocking while still resisting external attacks (i.e. it seals the encryption key with the current system state). Without a TPM, you would have to unlock the system disk using a password, a recovery key, or a USB stick on every reboot.
This doesn't apply so much to data disks, since Windows is already fully running once they're accessed, it can provide automatic unlocking without a TPM by simply storing the data disk's password in your Windows account. (And obviously it doesn't affect unlocking with a password.)
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"fTPM" is a type of TPM that's implemented in system firmware instead of using a dedicated chip.
The TPM is a tamper-resistant "secure element" used to hold cryptographic keys (including smartcard certificates and BitLocker credentials). BitLocker mainly uses it for the system disk, since the TPM can provide passwordless unlocking while still resisting external attacks (i.e. it seals the encryption key with the current system state). Without a TPM, you would have to unlock the system disk using a password, a recovery key, or a USB stick on every reboot.
This doesn't apply so much to data disks, since Windows is already fully running once they're accessed, it can provide automatic unlocking without a TPM by simply storing the data disk's password in your Windows account. (And obviously it doesn't affect unlocking with a password.)
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"fTPM" is a type of TPM that's implemented in system firmware instead of using a dedicated chip.
The TPM is a tamper-resistant "secure element" used to hold cryptographic keys (including smartcard certificates and BitLocker credentials). BitLocker mainly uses it for the system disk, since the TPM can provide passwordless unlocking while still resisting external attacks (i.e. it seals the encryption key with the current system state). Without a TPM, you would have to unlock the system disk using a password, a recovery key, or a USB stick on every reboot.
This doesn't apply so much to data disks, since Windows is already fully running once they're accessed, it can provide automatic unlocking without a TPM by simply storing the data disk's password in your Windows account. (And obviously it doesn't affect unlocking with a password.)
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"fTPM" is a type of TPM that's implemented in system firmware instead of using a dedicated chip.
The TPM is a tamper-resistant "secure element" used to hold cryptographic keys (including smartcard certificates and BitLocker credentials). BitLocker mainly uses it for the system disk, since the TPM can provide passwordless unlocking while still resisting external attacks (i.e. it seals the encryption key with the current system state). Without a TPM, you would have to unlock the system disk using a password, a recovery key, or a USB stick on every reboot.
This doesn't apply so much to data disks, since Windows is already fully running once they're accessed, it can provide automatic unlocking without a TPM by simply storing the data disk's password in your Windows account. (And obviously it doesn't affect unlocking with a password.)
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"fTPM" is a type of TPM that's implemented in system firmware instead of using a dedicated chip.
The TPM is a tamper-resistant "secure element" used to hold cryptographic keys (including smartcard certificates and BitLocker credentials). BitLocker mainly uses it for the system disk, since the TPM can provide passwordless unlocking while still resisting external attacks (i.e. it seals the encryption key with the current system state). Without a TPM, you would have to unlock the system disk using a password, a recovery key, or a USB stick on every reboot.
This doesn't apply so much to data disks, since Windows is already fully running once they're accessed, it can provide automatic unlocking without a TPM by simply storing the data disk's password in your Windows account. (And obviously it doesn't affect unlocking with a password.)
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