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etc/anti-evil-maid.conf: remove PCR19, change description
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Neither TBoot nor TrenchBoot extend PCR19, which resulted in failure
in sanity check.

Signed-off-by: Krystian Hebel <[email protected]>
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions README
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Expand Up @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ store your most intimate confessions. ;)
4) Reboot the system, choose one of the entries called "AEM Qubes". This will
attempt to perform a "measured launch" using tboot and the SINIT module you
downloaded, which records the Xen, kernel, and initrd versions used in PCRs
17-19 of the TPM for use in sealing and unsealing your secret. If the measured
17-18 of the TPM for use in sealing and unsealing your secret. If the measured
launch fails for any reason, tboot will fall back to a normal boot and AEM
will not function.

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secret(s). You should see a line, or multiple lines, like this one:

Sealed /var/lib/anti-evil-maid/aem/secret.txt using
--pcr 13 --pcr 17 --pcr 18 --pcr 19
--pcr 13 --pcr 17 --pcr 18

Debug output can be read using:

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# 12: (SRTM) Xen/kernel params passed by TrustedGRUB1
# 13: LUKS header(s)
# 14: (SRTM) Xen/kernel/initrd loaded by TrustedGRUB1
# 17-19: (DRTM) TBoot
# 17-18: (DRTM) TrenchBoot
#
# SRTM = Static Root of Trust Measurement
# DRTM = Dynamic Root of Trust Measurement (Intel TXT)

# shellcheck disable=SC2034
SEAL="--pcr 13 --pcr 17 --pcr 18 --pcr 19"
SEAL="--pcr 13 --pcr 17 --pcr 18"

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