> 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/af69cf92-c19b-4b88-8676-613713c33b38%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
