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Old 10-18-2006   #1 (permalink)
tavis


 
 

BitLocker - TPM & Multiple PINs

Can TPM chips support multiple PINs?

If so, can BitLocker support multiple PINs with the TPM to secure startup
keys?

For example, multiple users of a single system could each be assigned a
separate PIN.

(I know BitLocker can support multiple Startup Keys on USB)

Thanks!

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Old 10-20-2006   #2 (permalink)
Jamie Hunter [MS]


 
 

Re: BitLocker - TPM & Multiple PINs

Hi Tavis,

The TPM is not used to actually store any BitLocker information, so it can
handle multiple PIN's. However, BitLocker (for this version) only supports
one TPM authentication method per encrypted volume. Sadly this prevents
multiple users of a single system being assigned seperate PIN's.
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Jamie Hunter [MS]

"tavis" <tavis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7B31AFC7-75B5-465B-B103-34A69C310364@microsoft.com...
> Can TPM chips support multiple PINs?
>
> If so, can BitLocker support multiple PINs with the TPM to secure startup
> keys?
>
> For example, multiple users of a single system could each be assigned a
> separate PIN.
>
> (I know BitLocker can support multiple Startup Keys on USB)
>
> Thanks!


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