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List:       qubes-users
Subject:    [qubes-users] AMD Zen Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV)
From:       kev27 <th.review1 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2016-08-19 18:58:18
Message-ID: af69cf92-c19b-4b88-8676-613713c33b38 () googlegroups ! com
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> Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) integrates main memory encryption \
> capabilities with the existing AMD-V virtualization architecture to support \
> encrypted virtual machines. Encrypting virtual machines can help protect them not \
> only from physical threats but also from other virtual machines or even the \
> hypervisor itself. SEV thus represents a new virtualization security paradigm that \
> is particularly applicable to cloud computing where virtual machines need not fully \
> trust the hypervisor and administrator of their host system.

http://amd-dev.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/media/2013/12/AMD_Memory_Encryption_Whitepaper_v7-Public.pdf


https://support.amd.com/TechDocs/55766_SEV-KM%20API_Spec.pdf

Is this something Qubes OS could work with in the future to improve its security on \
AMD Zen chips? Maybe something to keep an eye on.

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