System, Apparatus And Method For Providing Locality Assertion Between A Security Processor And An Enclave

In one embodiment, a system includes a processor having one or more cores and a security processor coupled to the processor. The security processor may be configured to execute in a trusted execution environment, where the security processor includes a local attestation circuit to validate an enclav...

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Main Authors Sahita, Ravi L, Negi, Ansuya
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.10.2018
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:In one embodiment, a system includes a processor having one or more cores and a security processor coupled to the processor. The security processor may be configured to execute in a trusted execution environment, where the security processor includes a local attestation circuit to validate an enclave stored in a protected region of a system memory as a trusted agent, based at least in part on an identifier of the enclave stored in a whitelist. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201715475239