Re: [PATCH v11 00/13] Intel SGX1 support

[Pavel Machek]

On Fri 2018-06-08 19:09:35, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> Intel(R) SGX is a set of CPU instructions that can be used by applications
> to set aside private regions of code and data. The code outside the enclave
> is disallowed to access the memory inside the enclave by the CPU access
> control.  In a way you can think that SGX provides inverted sandbox. It
> protects the application from a malicious host.

Do you intend to allow non-root applications to use SGX?

What are non-evil uses for SGX?

...because it is quite useful for some kinds of evil:

https://taesoo.kim/pubs/2017/jang:sgx-bomb.pdf

									Pavel
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