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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v11 00/13] Intel SGX1 support
    On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 12:50:12PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
    > 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:

    The default permissions for the device are 600.

    /Jarkko

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