本文对应《A Practical Guide to TPM 2.0 — Using the Trusted Platform Module in the New Age of Security》的第8章第7节。
8.7 Summary —— 总结
The TPM has several types of entities: items that can be referred to by a handle.
Permanent entities have a handle that is fixed by the TPM specification. The handle
value can’t change; nor can such an entity be created or deleted. Its data can be either
persistent or volatile. Nonvolatile indexes can be created or deleted at a user-specified
handle, and they persist through TPM power cycles. Objects — entities that are attached
to a hierarchy — may have a private area and can be volatile or made persistent. When
t