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6 tpm2_dictionarylockout(1) - Setup or clear dictionary-attack-lockout
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10 tpm2_dictionarylockout [OPTIONS]
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13 tpm2_dictionarylockout(1) - Setup dictionary-attack-lockout parameters
14 or clear dictionary-attack-lockout state.
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17 · -s, --setup-parameters:
18 Specifies the tool should operate to setup dictionary-attack-lockout
20 parameters.
21 · -c, --clear-lockout:
23 Specifies the tool should operate to clear dictionary-attack-lockout
25 state.
26 · -l, --lockout-recovery-time=NATURAL_NUMBER:
28 Specifies the wait time in seconds before another TPM_RH_LOCKOUT au‐
30 thentication attempt can be made after a failed authentication.
31 · -t, --recovery-time=NATURAL_NUMBER:
33 Specifies the wait time in seconds before another DA-protected-object
35 authentication attempt can be made after max-tries number of failed
36 authentications.
37 · -n, --max-tries=NATURAL_NUMBER:
39 Specifies the maximum number of allowed authentication attempts on
41 DA-protected-object; after which DA is activated.
42 · -p, --auth=AUTH:
44 The authorization value for the lockout handle.
46 · --cphash=FILE
48 File path to record the hash of the command parameters. This is com‐
50 monly termed as cpHash. NOTE: When this option is selected, The tool
51 will not actually execute the command, it simply returns a cpHash.
52 References
55 Authorization for use of an object in TPM2.0 can come in 3 different
56 forms: 1. Password 2. HMAC 3. Sessions
57 NOTE: "Authorizations default to the EMPTY PASSWORD when not speci‐
59 fied".
60 Passwords
62 Passwords are interpreted in the following forms below using prefix
63 identifiers.
64 Note: By default passwords are assumed to be in the string form when
66 they do not have a prefix.
67 String
69 A string password, specified by prefix "str:" or it's absence (raw
70 string without prefix) is not interpreted, and is directly used for au‐
71 thorization.
72 Examples
74 foobar
75 str:foobar
76 Hex-string
78 A hex-string password, specified by prefix "hex:" is converted from a
79 hexidecimal form into a byte array form, thus allowing passwords with
80 non-printable and/or terminal un-friendly characters.
81 Example
83 hex:0x1122334455667788
84 File
86 A file based password, specified be prefix "file:" should be the path
87 of a file containing the password to be read by the tool or a "-" to
88 use stdin. Storing passwords in files prevents information leakage,
89 passwords passed as options can be read from the process list or common
90 shell history features.
91 Examples
93 # to use stdin and be prompted
94 file:-
95 # to use a file from a path
97 file:path/to/password/file
98 # to echo a password via stdin:
100 echo foobar | tpm2_tool -p file:-
101 # to use a bash here-string via stdin:
103 tpm2_tool -p file:- <<< foobar
105 Sessions
107 When using a policy session to authorize the use of an object, prefix
108 the option argument with the session keyword. Then indicate a path to
109 a session file that was created with tpm2_startauthsession(1). Option‐
110 ally, if the session requires an auth value to be sent with the session
111 handle (eg policy password), then append a + and a string as described
112 in the Passwords section.
113 Examples
115 To use a session context file called session.ctx.
116 session:session.ctx
118 To use a session context file called session.ctx AND send the authvalue
120 mypassword.
121 session:session.ctx+mypassword
123 To use a session context file called session.ctx AND send the HEX auth‐
125 value 0x11223344.
126 session:session.ctx+hex:11223344
128 PCR Authorizations
130 You can satisfy a PCR policy using the "pcr:" prefix and the PCR mini‐
131 language. The PCR minilanguage is as follows:
132 <pcr-spec>=<raw-pcr-file>
133 The PCR spec is documented in in the section "PCR bank specifiers".
135 The raw-pcr-file is an optional the output of the raw PCR contents as
137 returned by tpm2_pcrread(1).
138 PCR bank specifiers (common/pcr.md)
140 Examples
142 To satisfy a PCR policy of sha256 on banks 0, 1, 2 and 3 use a specifi‐
143 er of:
144 pcr:sha256:0,1,2,3
146 specifying AUTH.
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150 This collection of options are common to many programs and provide in‐
151 formation that many users may expect.
152 · -h, --help=[man|no-man]: Display the tools manpage. By default, it
154 attempts to invoke the manpager for the tool, however, on failure
155 will output a short tool summary. This is the same behavior if the
156 "man" option argument is specified, however if explicit "man" is re‐
157 quested, the tool will provide errors from man on stderr. If the
158 "no-man" option if specified, or the manpager fails, the short op‐
159 tions will be output to stdout.
160 To successfully use the manpages feature requires the manpages to be
162 installed or on MANPATH, See man(1) for more details.
163 · -v, --version: Display version information for this tool, supported
165 tctis and exit.
166 · -V, --verbose: Increase the information that the tool prints to the
168 console during its execution. When using this option the file and
169 line number are printed.
170 · -Q, --quiet: Silence normal tool output to stdout.
172 · -Z, --enable-errata: Enable the application of errata fixups. Useful
174 if an errata fixup needs to be applied to commands sent to the TPM.
175 Defining the environment TPM2TOOLS_ENABLE_ERRATA is equivalent. in‐
176 formation many users may expect.
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179 The TCTI or "Transmission Interface" is the communication mechanism
180 with the TPM. TCTIs can be changed for communication with TPMs across
181 different mediums.
182 To control the TCTI, the tools respect:
184 1. The command line option -T or --tcti
186 2. The environment variable: TPM2TOOLS_TCTI.
188 Note: The command line option always overrides the environment vari‐
190 able.
191 The current known TCTIs are:
193 · tabrmd - The resource manager, called tabrmd
195 (https://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-abrmd). Note that tabrmd and
196 abrmd as a tcti name are synonymous.
197 · mssim - Typically used for communicating to the TPM software simula‐
199 tor.
200 · device - Used when talking directly to a TPM device file.
202 · none - Do not initalize a connection with the TPM. Some tools allow
204 for off-tpm options and thus support not using a TCTI. Tools that do
205 not support it will error when attempted to be used without a TCTI
206 connection. Does not support ANY options and MUST BE presented as
207 the exact text of "none".
208 The arguments to either the command line option or the environment
210 variable are in the form:
211 <tcti-name>:<tcti-option-config>
213 Specifying an empty string for either the <tcti-name> or <tcti-op‐
215 tion-config> results in the default being used for that portion respec‐
216 tively.
217 TCTI Defaults
219 When a TCTI is not specified, the default TCTI is searched for using
220 dlopen(3) semantics. The tools will search for tabrmd, device and
221 mssim TCTIs IN THAT ORDER and USE THE FIRST ONE FOUND. You can query
222 what TCTI will be chosen as the default by using the -v option to print
223 the version information. The "default-tcti" key-value pair will indi‐
224 cate which of the aforementioned TCTIs is the default.
225 Custom TCTIs
227 Any TCTI that implements the dynamic TCTI interface can be loaded. The
228 tools internally use dlopen(3), and the raw tcti-name value is used for
229 the lookup. Thus, this could be a path to the shared library, or a li‐
230 brary name as understood by dlopen(3) semantics.
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233 This collection of options are used to configure the various known TCTI
234 modules available:
235 · device: For the device TCTI, the TPM character device file for use by
237 the device TCTI can be specified. The default is /dev/tpm0.
238 Example: -T device:/dev/tpm0 or export TPM2TOOLS_TCTI="de‐
240 vice:/dev/tpm0"
241 · mssim: For the mssim TCTI, the domain name or IP address and port
243 number used by the simulator can be specified. The default are
244 127.0.0.1 and 2321.
245 Example: -T mssim:host=localhost,port=2321 or export TPM2TOOLS_TC‐
247 TI="mssim:host=localhost,port=2321"
248 · abrmd: For the abrmd TCTI, the configuration string format is a se‐
250 ries of simple key value pairs separated by a ',' character. Each
251 key and value string are separated by a '=' character.
252 · TCTI abrmd supports two keys:
254 1. 'bus_name' : The name of the tabrmd service on the bus (a
256 string).
257 2. 'bus_type' : The type of the dbus instance (a string) limited to
259 'session' and 'system'.
260 Specify the tabrmd tcti name and a config string of bus_name=com.ex‐
262 ample.FooBar:
263 \--tcti=tabrmd:bus_name=com.example.FooBar
265 Specify the default (abrmd) tcti and a config string of bus_type=ses‐
267 sion:
268 \--tcti:bus_type=session
270 NOTE: abrmd and tabrmd are synonymous. the various known TCTI mod‐
272 ules.
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275 tpm2_dictionarylockout -c -p passwd
276 tpm2_dictionarylockout -s -n 5 -t 6 -l 7 -p passwd
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280 Tools can return any of the following codes:
281 · 0 - Success.
283 · 1 - General non-specific error.
285 · 2 - Options handling error.
287 · 3 - Authentication error.
289 · 4 - TCTI related error.
291 · 5 - Non supported scheme. Applicable to tpm2_testparams.
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295 Github Issues (https://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-tools/issues)
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