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Intel SGX is possibly huge. With a trusted enclave that's verifiable, you could do things like verify that a server is actually running certain code (like a bit
by MichaelGG 11y ago
Intel SGX is possibly huge. With a trusted enclave that's verifiable, you could do things like verify that a server is actually running certain code (like a bitcoin mixer).
Of course it also allows real DRM, where a remote server can verify you're running unmodified code.
But how does the key management work?
My personal interest is the continuing quest for a machine strong enough to develop, but not warm my hands at all. Macbooks are insanely hot (how can Apple even pretend to be about quality with those designs??), X250 ThinkPads is "alright" if I aggressively throttle the processor. Seems like the perf improvements are effectively dead so maybe we'll see cool laptops. Though OEMs seem to screw up as much as possible so who knows...
- zmanian 11y agoIs there any information about what processors support SGX?
- userbinator 11y agoOf course it also allows real DRM I think thats's the scariest part. 16 years ago people strongly oppposed the processor serial number in the P3( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10106870 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10106870 ), something that seems almost harmless compared to what (anti-user) "security" features are in today's hardware. It's not only DRM, but no doubt other ways of taking control away from the user will be found for it. With performance not being all that much better, I'm personally going to stay on older, "more free" hardware for a while.
- anonymousDan 11y agoI would think the real target market is cloud computing though.