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			 TPM Management - tpm_sealdata

NAME
     tpm_sealdata - seal input data to the system's TPM

SYNOPSIS
     tpm_sealdata [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION
     tpm_sealdata  seals sensitive input data to the SRK of the system's TPM and
     optionally a PCR configuration.  Backup your data, it is unrecoverable from
     this format if the SRK changes or the specified PCR configuration is  unre-
     producable.  The result can be unsealed by functions in libtpm_unseal, such
     as tpmUnsealFile(3).

     -h, --help
	    Display command usage info.

     -v, --version
	    Display command version info.

     -l, --log [none|error|info|debug]
	    Set logging level.

     -i, --infile FILE
	    File containing input data to seal.

     -o, --outfile FILE
	    Output file.  Default is STDOUT.

     -p, --pcr NUMBER
	    Seal data to the current value of the specified pcr. This option can
	    be	given NUM_PCRS times.  The specified pcr is in the range of 0 to
	    NUM_PCRS-1. NUM_PCRS is at least 16 but may vary by platform.

     -z, --well-known
	    Use TSS_WELL_KNOWN_SECRET (20 zero bytes) as the SRK  password.  You
	    will not be prompted for the SRK password with this option.

     -u, --unicode
	    Use  TSS UNICODE encoding for the SRK password to comply with appli-
	    cations using TSS popup boxes.

SEE ALSO
     tpm_takeownership(8), tpmUnsealFile(3)

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to <trousers-users@lists.sourceforge.net>

TPM Management			   2005-08-10			 tpm_sealdata(1)

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