Intel SGX - New CPU instructions for securing software and data (TPM like?)

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https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_wHUJwViKDaSUV6aUcxR0dPejg/edit?usp=sharing

[gizzlon]

More papers here: https://sites.google.com/site/haspworkshop2013/workshop-prog...

I've only skimmed it, but it looks like it's suppose to fulfil some of the promises of the TPM.

The most important thing to grasp is that the hardware element opens up for another type of security and control (for good and bad) than software only approaches.