Keylime

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A CNCF Project to Bootstrap & Maintain Trust on the Edge / Cloud and IoT

Overview:

Keylime is an open-source trust system that leverages TPM (Trusted Platform Module) Technology to establish hardware-rooted cryptographic trust for remote machines. It offers solutions for bootstrapping, provisioning encrypted payloads, and monitoring system integrity in real-time. Keylime aims to simplify TPM Technology accessibility for developers and users without requiring an in-depth understanding of TPM operations. It is particularly useful for scenarios like remote attestation in hybrid cloud environments or securing Edge/IoT devices in vulnerable locations.

Features:

  • Scalable Trust System: Utilizes TPM Technology for establishing trust in remote machines.
  • End-to-End Solution: Provides solutions for bootstrapping, encryption provisioning, and real-time integrity monitoring.
  • Customized Actions: Users can define actions triggered when a machine fails its attested measurements.
  • Flexible Remote Attestation: Offers a flexible framework for remote attestation of Platform Configuration Registers (PCRs).
  • CLI Application and RESTful APIs: Allows interaction with Keylime through a CLI application and RESTful APIs.
  • Components: Consists of three main components - Verifier, Registrar, and Agent.